October 11th

This morning we had an uneventful walk from Chamber's Wall to the Oyster Farm lagoons and saw 6 Chiffchaffs, 2 Kestrels, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Golden Plover, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 5 Coot, 3 Little Egrets, 13 Redshank, 8 Oystercatchers, 35 Mallard, 6 Corn Buntings, 2 Curlew, 3 Common Gulls W, 1 Kittiwake, 1 Grey Heron, 18 Skylarks W, 5 Redwings and 3 Goldcrests.

Richard Collins had a seawatch from Reculver between 0820 and 1005 and counted 120 Oystercatchers E, 20 Cormorants, 6 Gannets, 1 Common Gull, 3 Kittiwakes, 1 Little Egret, 5 Sandwich Terns, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Skuas, 2 Pied Wagtails and 1 Meadow Pipit.

Derek Smith walked from Shuart to Plumpudding and back between 0700 and 1100 and saw 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Ring Ouzel, 165 Redwings W, 18 Song Thrushes W, 11 Skylarks W, 20 Crossbills W, 9 Siskins W, 8 Redpolls W, 36 Chaffinches W, 1 Brambling, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 12 Blackcaps, 44 Chiffchaffs and 20 Goldcrests.

Also this morning, Mike Bedwell found a Black Redstart at Reculver and at Shuart, Tony Swandale found a Dartford Warbler and recorded over 1,300 Redwing flying W.