January 13th
On a sunny but increasingly windy morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 2 Kestrels, 608 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Kingfisher, 10 Mute Swans, 16 Oystercatchers, 16 Cormorants, 9 Redshank, 15 Ringed Plovers, 82 Corn Buntings, 1 Tree Sparrow, 60 House Sparrows, 24 Reed Buntings, 7 Shelduck, 1 Curlew, 10 Mallard, 2 Stonechats, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Turnstone and 12 Meadow Pipits.
We also met Chris White who had earlier seen the 5 Lapland Buntings feeding on the shingle before they flew inland to the grass fields.