January 3rd
With the weather deteriorating quickly this morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. Birds we saw included 580 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 16 Great Black-backed Gulls, 8 Redshank, 27 Cormorants, 14 Mute Swans, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Stonechats, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Mallard, 2 Curlew, 7 Goldfinches, 15 Linnets, 33 Carrion Crows, 14 Oystercatchers, 6 Chaffinches, 8 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Turnstone and 2 Pied Wagtails.