So....the forecast for today wasn't too grand....my initial plan of going to Oare, Reculver and then Sittingbourne dissipated quickly when I stepped out the door this morning.....dark...and drizzly already....
I arrived at Oare as day was breaking 0715 - 1030....still a bit drizzly...which remained on and off for the time I was there....and a quite cold wind whipping along.....
Despite the weather, the birds were about....and first bird of the day and new year....Blackbird....
...Moorhen, Robin, Redshank, Crow, Water Rail, Curlew, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Shelduck, Kestrel, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Bearded Tit, Avocet, Dunlin, Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Lapwing, Great Black-backed Gull, Oystercatcher, Wigeon, Brent Geese, Cormorant, Woodpigeon, Common Gull, Greenfinch, Teal, Blue Tit, Shoveler, Magpie, Mallard, Coot, Pintail, Ruff, Marsh Harrier, Starling, Snipe, Cettis Warbler, Wren, Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Chaffinch, Stock Dove, Stonechat....
....arriving back at the car some slightly heavier drizzle set in...so I decided to retreat to Whetsted....having rejoined the M2 I came across a Buzzard....
Whetsted....1115 - 1330, initially bright, becoming overcast/drizzly.....
Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling, Blackbird, Kestrel, Fieldfare, Redwing, Crow, Magpie, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Feral Pigeon, Blue Tit, Skylark, Bullfinch, Yellowhammer, Great Tit, Reed Bunting, Goldfinch, Long-tail Tit, Robin, Merlin, Jay, Barn Owl, Wren
Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Coot, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Mute Swan, 16 Pochard, Shoveler, Cormorant, female Goldeneye, Kingfisher, Great Black-back Gull, Snipe, Gadwall, Common Gull, Wigeon, Teal....
....a family walk round Hargate Forest produced Coal Tit and Goldcrest.....
Total for the year....73......Whetsted total....44
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