A cold frosty morning, starting the new year looking for Jack Snipe, with 4 in Ferry Rd, with 2 Snipe. Also in other fields 12 Yellowhammer 20 Reed Bunting, c50 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Stonechat, also Linnet's Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails. New Year list up and running.

Jack Snipe

Stonechat

 I went looking for Jack Snipe today but drew a blank -  no Snipe either -  too frozen up, also tried Ferry Rd.

Not a bad morning though...total of 8 Stonechat, a Dartford Warbler, possibly two, in the big setaside behind Kents footpath to Longwood. Also c20 Reed Bunting, 40 Skylark there, 30 Pied Wagtail and a few Linnets. 

In the original seaside by the beach there was another c80 Skylark (so i reckon a total of 120 today) plus 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellowhammer and another 5 Reed Bunting. On the way back at Kents a Bullfinch & a Chiffchaff. (OM)