Tuesday 25 November 2014

November 25th
On a sunny morning we walked from Reculver to Coldharbour and recorded 155 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Peregrine, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Curlews, 1 Kestrel, 2 Little Grebes, 32 Red-throated Divers, 20 Oystercatchers, 1 Dunlin, 20 Grey Plovers, 2 Turnstone, 3 Stonechats, 19 Starlings in off the sea, 5 Ringed Plovers, 9 Mallard, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Wigeon, 13 Gannets, 245 Cormorants, 3 Shelduck, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 8 Snow Buntings.
Julian Perry was also out later this morning and saw 1 Shorelark at Coldharbour and 9 Snow Buntings by the Wantsum outflow.
This afternoon we spent an hour seawatching from Minnis Bay and counted 6 Great Skuas E, 9 Red-throated Divers, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 31 Sanderling, 6 Guillemots E, 5 female Eiders W, 4 Gannets, 3 Kittiwakes E and 1 Pomarine Skua E.
Today, with  a stiff easterly blowing, Ron Dubbins did a 90 minute seawatch in the morning seeing 8 Gannets, 10 Great Crested Grebes, 23 Common Scoter distantly E, 7 Red-throated Divers and 6 auks, probably Guillemots.  In the afternoon he did another hour and saw 1 Velvet Scoter E before it dropped onto the sea quite close in as well as 3 more Gannets, 4 Red-throated Divers and 3 Guillemots.

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