December 18th

This morning there was westerly gale blowing and the tide was a long way out at Reculver and in an hour all we saw was 197 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 6 Cormorants, 7 Great Black-backed Gulls and 52 Carrion Crows.

On a mild and less windy afternoon we walked inland at Reculver and counted 3 Chiffchaffs, 23 Gadwall, 56 Coot, 32 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Shoveler, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 2 Mute Swans, 8 Little Grebes, 14 Tufted Duck, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Teal 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kestrel and 2 Pied Wagatils.