January 4th

This morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and recorded 350 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Stonechats, 9 Redshank, 8 Oystercatchers, 2 Gannets W, 8 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 34 Ringed Plovers, 4 Little Grebes, 2 Common Buzzards, 4 Turnstone, 2 Red-throated Divers, 11 Goldfinches and 14 Mallard.

Matt birded the whole area between 0600 and 1600 and identified 81 species. His highlights were 2 Barn Owls, 1 Long-eared Owl (92nd), 1 Pintail, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (93rd), 1 Purple Sandpiper, 5 White-fronted Geese, 1 immature Shag (94th)  and 2 Grey Partridges (95th). Other species he saw that were new for 2022 were Teal (96th), Guillemot (97th), Kingfisher (98th), Redwing (99th) and Greenfinch (100th).