January 8th
With torrential rain all morning we didn't get out until after lunch when we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 11 Mute Swans, 500 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Kestrels, 12 Cormorants, 72 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Short-eared Owl (100th), 12 Linnets, 6 Stonechats, 3 Turnstone, 14 Reed Buntings, 10 Carrion Crows, 6 Chaffinches, 2 Goldfinches and 1 Shelduck.