January 14th
This morning with the tide low we completed the Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey (NEWS) between Reculver and Herne Bay. Matt counted the section from Reculver to Bishopstone and saw 3 Oystercatchers, 17 Ringed Plovers, 1 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, 77 Sanderling, 9 Redshank, 10 Grey Plovers, 289 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 39 Cormorants, 251 Black-headed Gulls, 5 Common Gulls, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 119 Herring Gulls, 4 Great Black-backed Gulls, 2 Kittiwakes, 86 Carrion Crows, 1 Skylark, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipits, 6 House Sparrows and 1 Peregrine (109th).