September 1st
Matt and I arrived at the Towers at 0700 and had a seawatch for an hour and a quarter. It was pretty slow but we did see 1 Fulmar, 1 Curlew, 1 Guillemot E, 2 Sandwich Terns, 1 Common Scoter, 2 Swifts S, 25 Swallows W, 1 adult Peregrine, 3 Great Skuas W, 1 Arctic Skua W, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Gannet and 10 Dunlin. It was also quiet at the Reculver bushes where we only found 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Cetti's Warbler and 1 Wheatear.
We then drove over to Chamber's Wall and walked out to Coldharbour seeing 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Shelduck, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Mallard, 28 Oystercatchers, 9 Cormorants,1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlins, 1 immature Peregrine harrying the Oystercatcher and Carrion Crows, 1 Little Egret, 1 Reed Warbler, 20 Swallows W, 2 Grey Wagtails W and 1 Siskin W.
Micky Baldock spent a good deal of time at Reculver today and saw 5 Arctic Skuas, 2 Great Skuas, 50 Common Terns, 15 Sandwich Terns, 2 Little Terns and 1 Roseate Tern flying W.