December 1st
With a fresh NE wind blowing this morning we spent a couple of hours seawatching at the Towers. Other than the Brent Geese all birds were flying E. We counted 321 Brent Geese, 44 Red-throated Divers, 3 Kittiwakes, 234 Cormorants, 31 Gannets, 3 Great Skuas, 6 large auks, 5 Common Scoter, 135 Oystercatchers, 1 Teal, 2 Curlew, 3 Grey Plovers and 1 Turnstone.
After this Matt walked inland and recorded 21 Mute Swans, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mallard, 20 Chaffinches, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Bullfinches and 2 Jays.
During the afternoon a walk from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour produced 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Kingfisher, 30 Corn Buntings, 50 Fieldfares and 5 Redwings.