December 30th
On a much brighter morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and recorded 35 Meadow Pipits, 2 Mute Swans, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 60 Corn Buntings, 8 Turnstone, 2 Redshank, 7 Linnets, 2 Oystercatchers, 55 Carrion Crows, 18 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sanderling, 34 Ringed Plovers, 3 Stonechats, 27 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 6 Goldfinches, 1 Red-throated Diver and 1 immature male Eider.
Marc Heath did the same walk but earlier and saw in addition 1,325 Cormorants, 75 Oystercatchers, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Reed Buntings, 2 Shelduck, 1 Great Northern Diver and 1 Black-throated Diver.
This afternoon as we drove towards Thanet we had 2 Waxwings (199th) sitting on wires by the Roman Galley near Reculver.
This morning at Grenham Bay, Terry Wilson saw 50 Dark-bellied Brent Geese and the Great Northen Diver.

Little Egret - Terry Wilson