October 21st

It was a bright and sunny morning as we walked from Reculver along the seawall to the Wantsum outflow. We counted 3 Pied Wagtails, 61 Meadow Pipits, 1 Swallow W, 3 juvenile Arctic Terns feeding close in by the Towers, 4 Little Egrets, 3 Stonechats, 29 Cormorants, 1 Redshank, 10 Reed Buntings, 29 Mallard, 14 Skylarks W, 10 Mediterranean Gulls, 140 Black-headed Gulls, 9 Sandwich Terns, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 120 Carrion Crows, 70 Linnets, 2 Kestrels, 1 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Common Tern, 1 Greenshank, 3 Corn Buntings, 11 Goldfinches and 4 Black Redstarts in the sunshine around the Towers.

Black Redstarts