December 21st
We had a walk at a showery and very soggy Reculver this morning and saw 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 10 Chaffinches, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Little Egret, 2 Stonechats, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush, 110 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Red-throated Divers, 34 Oystercatchers flying E, 4 Great Crested Grebes and 1 Gannet.
Marc Heath walked from Reculver to Minnis Bay between 0845 and 1345 and recorded 12 Cormorants, 15 Meadow Pipits, 12 Redshank, 16 Mute Swans,  56 Ringed Plovers, 4 Stonechats, 48 Reed Buntings, 47 Oystercatchers, 1 Pheasant, 17 Corn Buntings, 89 Sanderling, 20 Turnstones, 3 Grey Plovers, 7 Curlew and 260 Dark-bellied Brent Geese. He also recorded 6 Shelduck, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Great Crested Grbes, 1 Gannet, 6 Red-throated Divers, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Little Egret, 6 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Kestrel, 18 Yellowhammers, 5 Tree Sparrows, 1 Common Buzzard and 1 Merlin.