November 24th
I arrived at Reculver at 0715 and spent two and half hours seawatching with Neil Frampton. Birds we saw flying E included 156 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 18 Kittiwakes, 117 Red-throated Divers, 79 Common Scoter, 4 juvenile Pomarine Skuas (3W,1E), 14 Gannets, 2 Shoveler, 512 Cormorants, 175 Great Black-backed Gulls, 3 Guillemots, 1 Velvet Scoter, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Black-throated Diver flying past close inshore, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers and 1 first winter Yellow-legged Gull.

Red-throated Divers

Adult Great Black-backed Gull