December 17th

On a bright and breezy morning with the tide a long way out we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. Birds we saw included 1 Kestrel, 402 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff calling by the Oyster Farm buildings,9 Redshank, 2 Black Redstarts, 2 Corn Buntings, 32 Ringed Plovers, 2 Stonechats, 7 Oystercatchers, 2 Little Grebes, 8 Reed Buntings, 3 Snow Buntings flying E along the beach, 9 Turnstone, 45 Linnets, 1 Kingfisher and  8 Sanderling.

Matt arrived at Reculver before us and did the same walk but continued on as far as Plumpudding and in addition to what we saw recorded 282 Russian White-fronted Geese, 1 Tundra Bean Goose, another 200 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Marsh Harrier and an immature Shag flying E.

Tundra Bean Goose - Matt Hindle

Tundra Bean Goose - Matt Hindle

Russian White-fronted Goose - Matt Hindle

Dark-bellied Brent Geese - Matt Hindle