December 20th
It was milder but overcast and drizzly this morning as we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. Birds we saw included 441 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Mute Swans, 11 Redshank, 4 Grey Plovers, 3 Sanderling, 4 Turnstone, 4 Ringed Plovers, 4 Stonechats, 22 Oystercatchers, 22 Shelduck, 1 Merlin, 45 Linnets, 110 Greylag Goose, 2 Corn Buntings, 450 Cormorants, 26 Mallard, 1 Curlew, 27 Wigeon, 2 Teal and 15 Common Scoter E.