December 13th

On another relatively mild morning we walked from Reculver along the seawall to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 3 Great Crested Grebes, 406 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Black Brant, 45 Common Scoter E, 25 Red-throated Divers, 1 Pied Wagtail, 64 Oystercatchers, 10 Redshank, 2 immature male Eiders E, 5 Stonechats, 3 Curlew, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Gannets, 120 Woodpigeons, 1 Peregrine, 11 Linnets, 9 Goldfinches, 23 Corn Buntings, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Rock Pipit, 8 Shelduck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Greylag Goose, 23 Golden Plovers and 1 Purple Sandpiper.

Purple Sandpiper

 

Black Brant with Dark-bellied Brent Geese