February 12th

A walk around the Reculver area this morning produced 22 Snipe, 166 Wigeon, 62 Mallard, 800 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Shelduck, 3 Knot, 20 Lapwings, 1 Redwing, 8 Dunlin, 22 Redshank, 40 Corn Buntings, 1 Fieldfare, 76 Skylarks, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Common Buzzard, 33 Teal, 3 male Pintail and 1 Grey Heron. 

Dave Smith had an afternoon walk at Reculver and his highights were 30+ Snipe, 6 Woodcock, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Knot, 1 male Marsh Harrier, 2 Snow Buntings, 10 Golden Plover, lots of Wigeon and Dark-bellied Brent Geese and good numbers of Dunlin. He also noticed that a number of birds seem to be struggling because of the cold weather.