January 14th
On a cold and breezy morning we arrived at Reculver at 0745 and spent an hour seawatching before we drove to Chamber's Wall and walked out to Coldharbour. At Reculver we counted 350 Kittiwakes W, 1 Eider, 12 Common Scoter, 22 Red-throated Divers W, 360 Herring Gulls W, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 442 Dark-bellied Brent Geese and 250 Black-headed Gulls W.
At Chamber's Wall we saw 76 Corn Buntings, 25 Yellowhammers, 30 Reed Buntings, 14 Blackbirds, 2 Fieldfares, 2 Red-legged Partridges, 8 Mute Swans, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 28 Skylarks, 1 Lapland Bunting, 12 Shelduck, 16 Oystercatchers, 1 Stonechat, 60 Carrion Crows, 1 Little Egret, 1 Curlew, 1 Avocet, 65 Lapwings and 1 Marsh Harrier.
Julian and Alex Perry saw a Fulmar (110th) at Minnis Bay today.
This afternoon Matt walked the Nethergong/Brooksend/Shuart loop and recorded 1 Barnacle Goose (111th), 37 Mute Swans, 950 Dark-bellied Brent Geese,  8 Grey Partridges, 1 Peregrine, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 60 Sanderling, 60 Dunlin, 50 Ringed Plovers, 16 Curlew, 200 Oystercatchers, 1 Stonechat, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Teal and 66 Turnstone.