Cormorant at Camber on Saturday

 Grey Plover & Dunlin at The Midrips

As Dungeness has been manic with birders since the new year I decided to go to The Midrips this morning. I spent the best part of 3 hours there without seeing another person, it has to be said that birds were pretty thin on the ground as well. The highlights being 11 Grey Plover, 23 Dunlin, 14 Redshank, 6 Oystercatchers, 120 Wigeon, 24 Shoveler, 16 Teal, 18 Shelduck, a Common Buzzard and the star bird a Rock Pipit. I also spent another hour at Camber waiting for Red-necked Grebe to give a close pass to no avail. 

 Rock Pipit at The Midrips

3 of 4 Pinkfeet on Scotney lunchtime

Next stop the double bends Scotney, on arrival the lake was devoid of Geese but after a few minutes a swirl of c400 Golden Plover and c1,000 Lapwing appeared by the windmills, these were quickly followed c1,000 Grey Geese many of which flew onto the lake. A Party of 10 Whitefronts landed by the Herring Gull island and swam towards the shore. Scanning through the Greylags I came across 2 Tundra Bean Geese also a singleton which were probably the same birds that were present on Thursday, these  were quickly followed by a party of 3 Pinkfeet which were presumably new in, later I came across another single Pinkfoot which was probably also a bird that was present on Thursday.

4 of 10 Whitefronts on Scotney at lunchtime

On my way to the beach this afternoon a quick stop on the causeway saw the 2 Slavonian Grebes, on the beach with Mick and Richard a 1w Caspian Gull put in a brief appearance as did a adult Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gulls and few Guillemots off shore.