October 17th
Almost the first birds we saw as we arrived at Reculver this morning were 4 Cattle Egrets flying E past the Towers (185th) . This is only the second record for the area following the first last year.
Other birds seen during our walk to Coldharbour were 8 Swallows W, 41 Linnets, 67 Meadow Pipits, 5 Little Egrets, 3 Pied Wagtails, 1 Grey Heron, 59 Goldfinches, 26 Cormorants, 11 Redshank, 40 Carrion Crows, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Wheatears, 6 Corn Buntings, 100 House Sparrows, 91 Mallard, 15 Reed Buntings, 1 Curlew, 1 Sandwich Tern, 13 Skylarks, 1 adult Mediterranean Gull E, 3 Coot, 11 Turnstone, 6 Ringed Plovers, 1 male Marsh Harrier and 1 Kingfisher.