January 28th
It was cold, windy but bright as we arrived at the Towers at 0730 for a 90 minute seawatch. We counted 25 Red-throated Divers W, 17 Kittiwakes W, 51 Oystercatchers, 32 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 420 Herring Gulls W, 1 second winter Yellow-legged Gull W, 5 Great Crested Grebes W, 1 Great Northern Diver W, 1 Guillemot on the sea and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull W.
We then drove to Chamber's Wall and Coldharbour where we saw 6 Yellowhammers, 14 Magpies, 130 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 7 Shelduck, 5 Mute Swans, 18 Mallard, 17 Carrion Crows, 1 Curlew and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull W.

Shelduck in Coldharbour