January 19th
Although it was sunny this morning birding conditions were unpleasant with a cold and fresh NNW wind blowing. We walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and managed to record 1,000+ Dark-bellied Brent Geese on the grass fields, 2 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 46 Ringed Plovers, 2 Dunlin, 2 Shelduck, 4 Turnstone, 1 adult winter Lesser Black-backed Gull W with about 200 Herring Gulls, 36 Corn Buntings, 12 Mallard and 103 Oystercatchers flying E towards Minnis Bay from their overnight roost at Shellness.