January 20th

This morning we walked along the seawall from Reculver to Coldharbour. Birds we saw included 1 Common Buzzard, 1,550 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 3 Stonechats, 3 Ringed Plovers, 27 Oystercatchers, 6 Redshank, 2 Sanderling, 14 Mallard, 3 Great Black-backed Gulls, 3 Fieldfares, 2 Turnstone, 2 Shelduck, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Little Grebes, 1 Green Woodpecker, 65 Corn Buntings, 14 Wigeon, 1 Curlew and 3 Snow Buntings on the beach 400 metres east of the Towers.