February 21st

I braved the winds of Storm Franklin for an hour at Reculver this morning but didn't see very much as most small birds were keeping their heads down. I recorded 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Mallard, 3 Coot, 23 Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebes and 40 Dark-bellied Brent Geese. 

Matt was also out and also saw a male Red-breasted Merganser, 30 Grey Plover, 40 Dunlin, 2 Red-throated Divers and 6 Dark-bellied Brent Geese at Minnis Bay.

This afternoon we spent 45 minutes at Minnis Bay with a gale force westerly blowing but did not see a great deal: just 3 Red-throated Divers E, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Gannets W, 1 ShelduckW and 45 Cormorants.