An hour 07.30-08.30 at the sea watch hide this morning was as expected in strong south west winds slow but reasonably entertaining:
Fulmar: 1 up
Gannet: 22 down 8 up
Shelduck: 2 down
Common Scoter: 24 up
Peregrine: 2 chasing Terns
Arctic Skua: 1 up
Sandwich Tern: c20 o/s
Common Tern: c30 o/s
Swallow: 26 in
Swift: 2 in
On the land a Chiffchaff in the lighthouse garden and Black redstart on the power station. At the observatory DW had had a fruitless early morning in the trapping area, convincing me and AJG that our walking the area would have the same result. As neither of us had caught up with Nightingale yet we decided on a trip to Park Wood where at least 4 birds were singing along with several Blackcaps and Song Thrushes but little else in the windy conditions. On the way back we stopped at the canal at Kennardington where we found more Blackcaps, Common and Lesser Whitethroats, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Yellowhammers, Mistle Thrushes, House Martins, Sand Martin, Swallows and Swifts.
Coming across the marsh we saw 2 Cuckoo and 2 Turtle Doves!
This evenings walk around the hayfields was uneventful, not surprising in the near gale force wind, but you never know!
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