October 30th

On a mild but very blustery morning we walked from Chamber's Wall to Coldharbour and recorded 5 Chaffinches, 7 Skylarks, 2 Redwings, 7 Song Thrushes, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 6 Bearded Tits, 1 Little Egret, 13 Redshank, 38 Sanderling, 52 Turnstone, 20 Ringed Plovers, 1 Gannet, 1 Dunlin, 2 Golden Plovers and 1 Green Woodpecker.

While we were at Chamber's Wall, Matt walked around the Shuart area and saw 60 Lapwings, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrests, 6 Redwings, the unringed Dusky Warbler, 3 Common Buzzards, 5 Kestrels, 1 Long-eared Owl, 2 Gadwall, 80 Mallard and 1 Fieldfare. At Reculver he saw 1 Chiffchaff  and 1 Swallow.

Chris Tedder also saw a Great Northern Diver.