November 22nd

We spent a couple of hours at Reculver this morning where there was a fresh NNE wind blowing and counted 26 Kittiwakes W, 94 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 38 Gannets, 43 Common Gulls W, 13 Teal W, 255 Lapwings W, 23 Red-throated Divers, 9 Common Scoter W, 3 Pintail W, 7 large auks E and 1 Razorbill E.

Julian and Alex Perry seawatched from the Towers from about 0730 to 1525 and were joined for some of the morning by Brendan Ryan and Gary Howard. There final counts were 125+ Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 White-fronted Goose in off sea, 3 Pintail E, 28 Wigeon W, 9 Velvet Scoter E, 50+ Common Scoter E, 1 Goosander E, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 275+ Lapwing, 5 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 18 Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Redshank, 75+ Kittiwake, 65+ Common Gull, 1 Pomarine Skua W at 13:05, 45+ large auks, 30+ Red-throated Diver, 2 Leach's Petrel E at 0945 and 1045 (196th), 100+ Gannet, 1 Short-eared Owl out at sea flying W at 0905, 1 Peregrine flying out to sea E.

Adult White-fronted Goose - Alex Perry

Velvet Scoter - Alex Perry