Friday 23 December 2016

December 23rd
There was a SW breeze blowing this morning as we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and back. The best bird of the morning was a fine male Velvet Scoter sitting on the sea off the Towers before drifting out towards the red buoy. Other birds we saw included 36 Common Scoters, 3 Grey Plovers,107 Oystercatchers, 1 Little Egret, 12 Ringed Plovers, 5 Corn Buntings, 1 Marsh Harrier, 80 Carrion Crows, 74 Mallard, 20 Mute Swans, 4 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Redshank, 3 Eider W and 1 Common Buzzard.

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