Saturday 31 March 2018

This morning at the sea watch hide just a trickle of birds which dried up completely as the showers moved in.
07.45-09.45 with RW &DW,

Brent Goose: 17 up
Common Scoter: 305 up
Velvet Scoter: 1 up
Red-breasted Merganser:
Red-throated Diver: 15 up  7 down
Great-crested Grebe: 23 around
Fulmar: 11 down
Gannet: 143 up
Cormorant: present n/c
Great Skua: 1 up
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Common Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull present n/c
Little Gull: 5 up
Kittiwake: c25 around
Sandwich Tern: 86 up
Common Tern: 2 up.  1 down
Guillemot: 2 up   6 down    8 around
Auk sp: 67 down
Harbour Porpoise: 1+
A long wander around the back of Scotney GPs was a disappointment, the highlights being Little Owl, Common Buzzard, Marsh Harriers, 3 Corn Buntings and 3 Grey Plover.
Early evening I added Black Redstart and Wheatear to the from the garden list year list.

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