November 12th

This morning, with a strong northerly wind blowing in the occasional shower, Matt seawatched from Reculver Towers between 0650 and 1250 and I joined him between 0710 and 1010. He recorded 104 Gannets, 34 Common Scoter W, 87 Common Gulls W, 85 Kittiwakes W, 7 Great Crested Grebes, 325 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 23 Shelduck W, 147 Cormorants, 53 Little Gulls W, 72 Dunlin W, 12 Red-throated Divers, 30 Wigeon W, 4 Curlew, 98 Lapwings W, 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls W, 1 Guillemot E, 10 Teal W, 1 male Pintail W, 2 Merlins in off, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers W and 2 Razorbills E. He also saw 2 Puffins flying W, 1 at 0830 and 1 at 1015 (197th), 21 Golden Plover W, 1 Peregrine, 13 Eider E, 4 Knot W, 2 Slavonian Grebes on the sea off the Towers that flew W at 1035 (198th) together with a Red-necked Grebe that flew E at 1035 (199th), 1 Pomarine Skua and 1 Mediterranean Gull.