February 5th

Although there was a fresh westerly wind blowing the sun was shining brightly and there were a lot of birds singing this morning. We began with half an hour at Reculver where we counted 9 Great Crested Grebes flying W, 13 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Sanderling and 1 Mediterranean Gull. We then walked inland and saw 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail, 26 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebes, 1 Tufted Duck x Ring-necked Duck drake hybrid, 1 Stonechat, 26 Mallard, 14 Teal, 10 Gadwall, 22 Coot, 1 Common Buzzard and 2 Firecrests.