January 27th

It was a beautiful, cold winter's morning as we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and counted 800 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Kestrel, 1 Egyptian Goose eventually flying N out to sea (122nd), 16 Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Stonechats, 16 Oystercatchers, 3 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 8 Mallard, 5 Greylag Geese flying W, 1 Turnstone and 1 Pied Wagtail. As we approached Reculver on our walk back we had a call from Matt to say he was watching a flock of 118 Russian White-fronted Geese flying WNW out at sea near Coldharbour (123rd). We eventually picked them up flying distantly over the wind farm off Reculver.

Russian White-fronted Geese - Matt Hindle

 

Male Stonechat

As mentioned above Matt was also out this morning and covered the eastern half of the recording area. He saw 150 Linnets, 20 Long-tailed Tits, 29 Tufted Duck, 7 Shoveler, 12 Greylag Geese, 2 Canada Geese, 1 Jay, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 2 Chiffchaffs, 3 Siskins, 3 Goldcrests, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Cattle Egret, 4 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 4 Greenfinches, 2 Yellowhammers, 35 Reed Buntings, 5 Stonechats, 1 Marsh Harrier, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 100 Fieldfares, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 24 Redwings, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 118 Russian White-fronted Geese flying W, 1 Grey Partridge, 2 Little Grebes, 12 Great Crested Grebes, 450 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 190 Lapwings, 5 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon and 2 Teal.