January 20th
We arrived at Minnis Bay at 0800 after another freezing night and counted 9 Common Scoter, 11 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Peregrine, 89 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 5 Red-throated Divers and 1 Gannet.
Next we visited Brooksend where we found 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Buzzards, 1 Water Rail, 3 Wigeon (112th), 22 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 30 Coot, 20 Teal, 2 Pochard, 2 Little Grebes, 36 Mute Swans, 11 Pink-footed Geese, 105 Greylag Geese, 1 Peregrine and 34 Lapwings.
At Reculver we saw 4 Pochard, 8 Tufted Ducks, 15 Gadwall, 4 Coot, 3 Chiffchaffs, 3 Green Sandpipers, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tits and 1 Common Buzzard.

Pink-footed Geese

This afternoon Matt walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and counted 1,050 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Teal, 1 Wigeon, 2 Shelduck, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Short-eared Owls, 45 Golden Plovers, 1 Snipe, 1 Stonechat and 1 Corn Bunting.