November 2nd

We met Matt at a rainy Minnis Bay where we had a seawatch from 0700 to 0930. Birds we counted included 7 Great Crested Grebes, 10 Red-throated Divers, 17 Gannets, 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 large auks, 26 Grey Plovers, 5 Sandwich Terns, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Siskins W, 1 Rock Pipit, 140 Chaffinches W, 12 Linnets W, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Arctic Terns fishing offshore, 1 Golden Plover and 7 Dark-bellied Brent Geese. Matt also saw a Harbour Porpoise before we arrived.

 November 1st

On a chilly and showery morning we walked around at Reculver and counted 132 Cormorants, 9 Gannets, 11 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Little Egret, 1 female Red-breasted Merganser E, 1 Curlew, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 15 Meadow Pipits, 13 Goldfinches, 6 Chaffinches, 5 Skylarks W, 2 Pied Wagtails and 17 Ringed Plover W.