February 26th

Matt arrived at Reculver at 0710 and spent three hours seawatching from the Towers in a north-easterly gale. He counted 160 Common Scoter on the sea, 389 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Gannet, 6 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Red-throated Divers, 2 Kittiwakes E, 16 Common Gulls E, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls E, 33 Great Black-backed Gulls E and 1 second winter Caspian Gull E. He also saw a second winter Iceland Gull flying E towards the car park and then either flying back W or inland (126th). This is only the ninth Iceland Gull to be recorded in the area and the first since 19th April 2009.