November 20th

On a cool and rainy morning Matt arrived at Minnis Bay at 0700 and we arrived an hour later and together we stayed there until 1010. Matt's final totals for the morning were 2 Little Egrets, 65 Gannets, 12 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Great Northern Divers, 24 Red-throated Divers, 209 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 49 Shelduck, 37W and 12E, 5 Razorbill and 5 Sandwich Terns, our latest ever record. We also saw 13 Wigeon W, 9 Redshank, 3 Grey Plover, 12 Turnstone, 5 Dunlin, 1 Curlew, 6 Little Gulls, 2E and 4W, 2 Red-necked Grebes, 1 flying W and 1 on the sea, 38 Common Scoter, 22W and 16E, 12 Redshank, 4 male Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 Gadwall W, 3 Pintail W, 1 immature/female Goldeneye W, 51 Lapwing W, 2 Rock Pipits, 12 Teal W, 2 Shoveler W and 3 Greylag Geese E.