February 15th

With a mild, southerly breeze blowing this morning and the tide going out we walked along the seawall from Reculver to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 660 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Ravens, one on the Towers and the other being mobbed by Carrion Crows out on the Marsh, 1 Red-throated Diver, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Redshank, 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Corn Buntings, 2 Turnstone, 24 Oystercatchers, 1 Shelduck, 58 Carrion Crows, 8 Mallard, 13 Meadow Pipits, 1 Great Northern Diver (125th), 3 Golden Plovers, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe and 9 Goldfinches.

Mallard beginning to pair up

Distant Great Northern Diver