November 7th
In foul conditions, with NNE gale bringing in continual heavy showers, I spent an hour and a half at Minnis Bay this morning. I saw the following mainly flying E: 1 Velvet Scoter, 1 Tufted Duck, 9 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 51 Gannets, 14 Common Scoter, 22 Kittiwakes, 3 Great Skuas, 1 adult Pomarine Skua, 1 Sooty Shearwater and 3 Wigeon.
Richard Collins did a sea watch from the carpark at Reculver between 0750 and 0950 before giving up with lack of visibility due to continuous heavy rain. He saw 100 Brent Goose, 10 Wigeon, 3 Common Scoter, 11 Gannet, 1 Arctic Skua and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Dudley Cox birded from  the Tower between 1300 and 1330 and recorded 1 Great Skua W, 2 Common Scoter on the sea , and a flock of 15 Common Scoter including 1 Velvet Scoter flying W. Later he walked from Chambers Wall to Coldharbour and along to Plumpudding and back via Shuart and counted 40 Sanderling, a few Turnstone, 3 Grey Plovers, 40 Oystercatchers, 20 Redshank and 2 Snow Buntings.