October 23rd

We spent an hour at Reculver this morning in the pouring rain and with a gale force westerly wind blowing. We managed to see 1 Great Northern Diver flying W, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 12 Cormorants, 3 Common Gulls, 2 juvenile Arctic Terns, 1 Little Egret, 1 Gannet W and 1 Kittiwake E. 

At Reculver this morning David Smith saw 1 Common or Pallid Swift, 2 Arctic Skuas, 1 Guillemot, 2 Kittiwakes, 3 Arctic Terns, 8 Sandwich Terns, 1 Red-throated Divers and 4 Gannets.

We also saw 3 Red-breasted Mergansers flying W at Reculver this afternoon.