November 25th
There was ice on the windscreen of our car this morning for the first time and a chilly WNW wind was blowing. We arrived at Reculver at 0745 and then walked to Coldharbour and back. We saw 1,080 Cormorants, 12 Gannets, 1 Common Scoter, 157 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 5 Redshank, 1 Ringed Plover, 25 Linnets, 1 Stonechat, 4 Curlews, 17 Oystercatchers, 8 Dunlin, 8 Shelduck W, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 51 Mallard, 10 Turnstone, 1 Grey Plover, 4 Goldfinches, 2 Wigeon and 2 Red-throated Divers.