Friday 12 October 2012

More of the same

Another 2 hrs watching from The Point this morning with TG and DW :
Red-throated Diver: 10w
Black-throated Diver: 2w
Gannet: c50 off shore
Wigeon: 8w
Common Scoter: 8w  16E
Red-breasted Merganser: 1w
Sanderling: 1w
Dunlin: 6w
Bonxie: 1E
Arctic Skua: c5 off shore
Little Gull: 5w
Mediterranean Gull: 3 off shore
Kittiwake: 3w
Yellow-Legged Gull 2 on beach ad + 1w
Sandwich Tern: c40 off shore
Skylark: 2 in
Rock Pipit: 1w 
Yellow Wagtail: 1w
Swallow: 585
House Martin: 367
Redpoll: 3
Harbour Porpoise: 3+ off shore

 A wander around The Desert, Trapping Area, The Moat, Lloyds and West beach found a single  very photogenic Wheatear, 2 Stonechats, 6 Firecrests, 3 Goldcrests, 2 Blackcaps, a Reed Warbler, a Common Whitethroat, 2 Black Redstarts, 2+ Sparrowhawks, 3 Skylarks over and several each of Siskin, Redpoll and Goldfinch over.
A walk up the track to The Pines found 8+ Chiffchaffs, 4+ Cetti's Warblers, 2 Marsh Harriers but very little in The Pines. From Hanson 2 Little Stints, 5 Dunlin, c200 Golden Plover, c 150 Lapwing  and the usual wildfowl.
A wind swept Dengemarsh was very quiet with the Great White Egret making a couple of second flight over the reed bed and flock of c100 Linnets in the field.

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