Whooper Swans!

 1 0f 4 Great Skuas seen this morning

08.25-09.40 From the fishing boats with DW:
Brent Goose: 43E
Red-throated Diver: 5W     90E
Great-crested Grebe: 2+ around
Fulmar: 1W
Gannet: 93W
Cormorant: many present n/c
Great Skua: 4W
Mediterranean Gull: 2W (1w + 2w)
Kittiwake: 167W
Guillemot: many present n/c
Razorbill: many present n/c

 A quick stop at Cockles Bridge on my home for a late breakfast saw 3 Cattle Egrets, a Great White Egret, 2 Common Buzzards, a Marsh Harrier harassing 100s of Lapwing, Golden Plover and Wigeon.

Common Buzzard Cockles Bridge

Cattle Egrets opposite Cockles Bridge

At Scotney the regular feral Barnacle Goose flock on the sward with 24 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank and c40 Golden Plover.

Black-tailed Godwit at Cook's pool early afternoon

A wander this afternoon around the Tower Pits, Pines and pumping station was virtually birdless with nothing of note seen.

 The 2 Whooper Swans about to be flushed by a dog walker, image taken from my garden

The flushed Whooper Swans flew to Cook's Pool for a short while before flying back towards Cockles Bridge, also at Cook's Pool a great White and Little Egret and Marsh Harrier.
The 30+ Bewick Swans were still at Horsesbones farm this afternoon but distant per DW/GH.