November 18th
We arrived at Reculver just as the sun came up on a bright and breezy morning. We had a 75 minute seawatch with most birds flying east and counted 75 Gannets, 11 Shelduck, 22 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 20 Common Scoter, 1,345 Cormorants flying out to sea from the Stour Valley, 1 Little Egret, 7 Kittiwakes, 1 Rock Pipit, 11 Eiders, 3 White-fronted Geese, 1 Black-throated Diver, 9 Red-throated Divers, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 10 Teal, 1 large auk, 2 Wigeon, 2 Great Skuas W, 2 Razorbills and 1 Red-breasted Merganser.
After this we drove one car to Chamber's Wall and walked back along the seawall to Reculver and recorded 60 Lapwings, 4 Mute Swans, 1 Goldcrest, 15 Redwings, 12 Fieldfares, 6 Corn Buntins, 2 Mallard, 6 Coot, 4 Teal, 2 Moorhens, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Redshank, 13 Gannets E, 1 Razorbill E, 9 Red-throated Divers E, 5 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Turnstone, 1 Marsh Harrier, 78 Oystercatchers E, 1 Stonechat, 28 Ringed Plovers, 6 Dunlin, 1 Grey Plover, 1 large auk, 4 Eiders E and 1 Great Skua E.
This afternoon we walked inland at Reculver and recorded 1 Little Owl, 3 Kestrels, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Jays, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Teal and 21 Lapwings.
Derek Smith had a long walk today from Shuart to Bishopstone with his highlights being 3 Avocets landing on the sea at Plumpudding and 1 Red-breasted Merganser flying E.

Avocets - Derek Smith