September 21st

Anne and I began the morning walking inland at Reculver and then spent an hour seawatching. On our walk we counted 1 Kestrel, 2 Ravens, 3 Cetti's Warblers, 126 Coot, 61 Gadwall, 6 Mute Swans, 3 Common Sandpipers, 52 Mallard, 1 Wigeon, 1 Corn Bunting, 6 Little Grebes, 9 Tufted Duck and 3 Chiffchaffs. On the sea we saw 9 Gannets, 83 Sandwich Terns E, 2 Peregrines, 1 Curlew, 1 Manx Shearwater flying W close inshore, 2 Arctic Skuas W, 1 Red-throated Diver E and 10 Common Terns W.

Matt spent from 0645 to 1115 at Reculver seawatching and he counted 84 Sandwich Terns, 38 Gannets, 61 Arctic Skuas W, 650 Common Terns, 5 Arctic Terns W, 18 Black Terns W, 2 Swallows, 8 Manx Shearwaters, 5W and 3E, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Red-throated Divers, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Little Terns W, 29 Little Gulls W, 1 juvenile Sabine's Gull W (186th), 1 large auk, 3 Dunlin, 3 Kittiwakes and 1 Mediterranean Gull.