Friday, October 5th

This morning was clear and cold, with an intense blue sky. At Sea Walls I could just see a couple of Redshank, far down river, on the estuary mud - curious how they are always on this (Downs) side of the mud, there tend to be more gulls on this side as well. At the Peregrine Watch I had a very brief glimpse of a falcon sweeping in towards the cliffs slightly to the left, then nothing. A quiet morning. I also searched the mud on the opposite side of the river for tracks, there are lots of gull footprints, but no deer, though, yesterday, I did see some tracks looking like those of a small deer, but they only led down to the water, no sign of a return journey.