December 15th

It was a beautiful winter's morning as we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 2 Pied Wagtails, 360 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 15 Meadow Pipits, 3 Redshank, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Stonechats, 8 Shelduck, 13 Reed Buntings, 54 Corn Buntings, 56 Ringed Plovers, 6 Turnstone, 27 Common Scoters, 3 Red-throated Divers, 6 Oystercatchers, 3 Little Grebes, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Water Rail, 64 Linnets and 2 Black Redstarts.

Female Reed Bunting

During their walk today Julian and Alex counted 550+ Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 297 Russian White-fronted Geese, 1 Tundra Bean Goose and 2 Barnacle Geese.

Tundra Bean Goose - Alex Perry

Russian White-fronted Geese