Short-eared Owls!

07.40-09.40 from the fishing boats with DW:

Red-throated Diver: 196w   2E

Great Crested Grebe: 200+

Gannet: c20 o/s

Cormorant: c350 o/s

Common Scoter: 133w

Wigeon: 120w

Shoveler: 1w

Teal: 5w

Oystercatcher: 6E

Kittiwake: 100+ o/s

Auk: 1,000+ o/s 

 The 2 Black-throated Divers were still on New Diggings this morning, also a Goosander. a red head Smew and 3 Goldeneye. A Great White Egret was posing at the south end of the ARC where c200 Gadwall, c300 Pochard, c200 Tufted Duck, 4 red head Smew and a Marsh Harrier.

2 Tundra Bean Geese with Greylag Geese

 At Scotney the 2 Tundra Bean Geese were still present but the Long-tailed Duck was hiding today.

Sanderling and Dunlin

 On the beach at Littlestone a mixed flock of Sanderling and Dunlin, also 5 Grey Plover and 27 Turnstone.

Dunlin

Late afternoon at Littlestone Golf Course 2+ Short-eared Owls hunting the roughs but always distant, also an adult male Merlin chasing Meadow Pipits and Skylarks.