October 3rd
On a sunny and breezy morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and the White Poplars before visiting Reculver on the way home. We saw 11 Chaffinches, 31 Chiffchaffs, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Swallows, 21 Goldfinches, 1 Stonechat, 38 Reed Buntings, 15 Little Egrets, 2 Redshank, 5 Mute Swans, 13 Magpies, 3 Kestrels, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mallard, 1 Common Buzzard and 3 Goldcrests.
Dudley Cox saw the Lapland Bunting at Bishopstone and also had a Great Skua fly W.