September 26th

The north westerly gale was still blowing this morning but a seawatch at Reculver from 0630 to 0815 only produced 1 Gannet W, 4 Great Skuas W, 7 Sandwich Terns E, 13 Wigeon W, 4 Teal W, 1 Swallow, 2 Snipe W, 31 Dunlin W, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit E, 1 Pintail W and 1 Grey Plover.

This was followed by a walk inland at Reculver where we saw 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jays, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Snipe, 1 Grey Heron and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Derek Smith had a seawatch from the Towers between 1600 and 1730 and counted 56 Gannets W, 2 Little Gulls, adult and juvenile W, 23 Dunlin W, 16 Sanderling W, 2 Snipe W and 1 adult Mediterranean Gull E.