Northward Hill - December

Dec 31st: 1 short-eared owl, 10 corn bunting, 1 brambling (N. Hill)

Dec 30th: 1 male merlin (N. Hill)

Dec 27th: 1 red kite reported over Halstow Marshes.

Dec 20th: 1 merlin, 1 kingfisher, 2 stonechat (Shorne)

Dec 19th: 69 avocet, 1740 dunlin, 78 knot (Motney Hill low tide)

Dec 15th: 3260 dunlin, 2600 knot, 1460 oystercatcher, 670 grey plover, 120 bar-tailed godwit, 11 little egret, 1 marsh harrier (Medway WeBS)

Dec 13th: 8 tree sparrow (N. Hill)

Dec 12th: 3 merlin, 2200 jackdaw, 1500 rook (N. Hill roosts)

Dec 11th: 3 marsh harrier, 6+ yellowhammer (N. Hill)

Dec 8th: 1 Cetti's warbler, 1 stonechat, 1 sparrowhawk (Shorne); 4+ woodcock, 4-5000 jackdaw/rook (N. Hill)

Dec 7th: 1 firecrest (N. Hill)

Dec 5th: 1 firecrest (N. Hill)

Dec 3rd: 79 corn bunting, 50+ fieldfare, 1 long-eared owl, 1 barn owl, 1 woodcock (N. Hill)