December 6th

At last a calm morning with no wind or rain. With the tide out and beginning to come in we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour. We saw good range of species including 367 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Grey Herons, 16 Meadow Pipits, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Stonechat, 1 Dartford Warbler in bushes by the seawall, 18 Reed Buntings, 1 Marsh Harrier, 21 Redshank, 1 Fieldfare, 200 Woodpigeons, 120 Starlings flying W and 110 House Sparrows. we also saw 48 Goldfinches, 5 Oystercatchers, 1 Lapland Bunting, 2 Grey Plovers, 7 Linnets, 6 Shelduck, 25 Mallard, 4 Wigeon, 2 Kestrels, 3 Little Grebes, 4 Lapwings flying in off the sea, 2 Turnstone, 6 Red-throated Divers and 2 Common Buzzards.

Kestrel