November 13th

It was cold, windy and increasingly wet as we had a 45 minute walk along the seawall at Reculver. We saw 80 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 22 Mute Swans, 1 Kestrel, 14 Wigeon, 7 Little Egrets, 9 Corn Buntings, 4 Lapwings N, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Gannet E and 7 Shelduck W.

Matt was also out this morning in the rain and walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and Minnis Bay. He recorded 1 Firecrest, 11 Redwings, 2 Siskins, 1 Stonechat, 2 Gannets, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 16 Curlew, 17 Grey Plovers, 200 Oystercatchers, 150 Sanderling, 60 Redshank, 30 Turnstone, 60 Ringed Plovers and 5 Dunlin.

At 0808, Marc Heath had 5 Cattle Egrets flying N at Hillborough.