December 1st
The month dawned sunny and cold but the wind had moved round to the west as we walked from Chamber's Wall and around Coldharbour. We saw 650 Cormorants flying out to sea from the Stour Valley at dawn, 8 Mute Swans, 25 Chaffinches, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Heron, 59 Mallard, 12 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 20 Blackbirds, 56 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 22 Skylarks, 23 Wigeon, 1 Golden Plover, 26 Corn Buntings, 3 Redshank, 33 Oystercatchers, 1 Snow Bunting, 1 Stonechat, 2 Grey Plovers, 2 Curlew, 110 Carrion Crows, 8 Goldfinches, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Tree Sparrows, 1 Sparrowhawk and 1 Green Woodpecker.