October 23rd

With thundery showers all around and lightning over the sea at Southend we were lucky to be able to walk at Reculver and Chamber's Wall this morning without getting wet. It was relatively quiet but we did manage to see 1 Common Buzzard, 11 Chiffchaffs, 4 Redwings, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 12 Robins, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Goldcrest, 65 Cormorants flying out to sea, 35 Chaffinches, 14 Goldfinches, 9 Coot, 3 Tree Sparrows at Chamber's Wall, 1 Corn Bunting and 1 Peregrine.