January 15th

Matt was out very early on a bright and breezy morning and walked along the seawall from Reculver where we met him later. We saw 1 Grey Partridge, 1 Golden Plover, 1 female/immature male Black Redstart, 200 Herring Gulls W, 1 first winter Yellow-legged Gull W (106th), 1 Little Egret, 1 redhead Goosander on the beach before flying W (107th), 4 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Eider, 450 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 8 Snow Buntings, 1 Stonechat, 1 colour ringed Rock Pipit (108th), 1 Turnstone, 2 Grey Plovers, 15 Ringed Plovers, 12 Mallard, 1 Redwing, 2 Yellowhammers, 4 Coot and 1 Redshank. 

Colour ringed Rock Pipit - Chris Dighton

During the late afternoon Dave Smith saw 2 Short-eared Owls hunting at the Oyster Farm.