Reculver/Seasalter

 13th December

Ventured out to Reculver on the 11th pm but only stayed an hour seeing a couple of short-eared owls and little else, met Danny Chesterman on return to car. 

                                   A big crop on this record shot of one of the short-eared owls

Back to Seasalter on the 12th, very quiet but checked on the 23 whitefronts which were still there plus a large brent flock. The brents kept getting up and flying to different fields, they didn't seem to settle and towards the end of my visit took the whitefronts with them. Also a flock of 16 white fronts flew over the back and landed on Graveney marsh.  

          

                                          Three of the whitefronts with the brents behind

A lot of waders along the beach and a big flock of dunlin roosting on Castle Coote plus a handful of redshank plus 6 grey plovers perched on the breakwaters at high tide and 13 shelduck with five wigeon on the sea.

                                                                       Redshank

13th Dec.

A late start as the forecast was for heavy rain so had a lie in, however it was dry so down to SS meeting up with Geoff at the NRA. On the main drain 15 teal and 13 coots plus a couple of moorhens, out on the sea two or three red throats and one perhaps larger diver but to distant. Then the rain started and did not stop, gave it fifteen minutes but no, here for the day.