Thursday 20 December 2018

December 20th
The overnight rain had just cleared through as we arrived at Reculver this morning and the sun soon appeared. We walked up to Coldharbour and recorded 358 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 24 Mute Swans, 14 Cormorants, 2 Little Egrets, 21 Meadow Pipits, 1 Grey Plover, 36 Ringed Plovers, 6 Redshank, 1 Red-throated Diver, 55 Oystercatchers, 1 Sanderling, 4 Turnstone, 35 Carrion Crows, 4 Mallard and 2 Stonechats.

Redshank

During the late afternoon we had a walk on the Marsh south of the railway where the farm has left unharveted six metre margins of wheat to attract wintering finches and buntings. We counted 1 Common Buzzard, 115 Redwings, 57 Corn Buntings, 62 Chaffinches, 15 Fielfares, 1 Peregrine, 8 Yellowhammers, 40 Reed Buntings and 1 Marsh Harrier.

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