A Beautiful day!

08.00-09.30 from the sea watch hide with OL and AJG who collated the numbers:
Brent Goose: 131E
Wigeon: 22E
Pintail: 2E
Common Scoter: 14E
Red-throated Diver: 61W   96E
Great-crested Grebe: c50 around
Fulmar: 5W   1E
Gannet: 183E
Cormorant: n/c many present
Oystercatcher: 3E
Mediterranean Gull: 1 around
Kittiwake: 36E
Razorbill: 58E     22W
Guillemot: c100 on sea
Auk sp 248 up

At The Patch just an adult Mediterranean Gull of note but very few Gulls present, another 12 Red-throated Divers were seen along with more Guillemots.

 The 2 Whooper Swans snapped from my garden

A very sluggish Bee in the garden late morning

When I went home for a late breakfast the 2 Whooper Swans were fairly close to the garden, 2 Common Buzzards were thermalling high over the fields while a Marsh Harrier hunted the ditches.

A quick look at Walland found only 6 Bewick Swans, I'm presuming the other 28 are on their way back to Russia. There was still a large flock of Fieldfare and Redwing nearby.

This afternoon 13.00-15.30 from the fishing boats with MH and AJG:
Gadwall: 2E
Common Scoter: 11E
Red-throated Diver: 24W   1 on
Great-crested Grebe: c40 around
Gannet: 52W    14E   c50 feeding o/s
Cormorant: minimum of 4,000 flew into Lade Bay
Turnstone: 6 around
Mediterranean Gull: 3E
Kittiwake: 33E   8W
Guillemot: c100 around
Auk sp: 145E
Harbour Porpoise: 1 around

A poor image taken at 6400 ISO in near dark 

Late this afternoon 4 Cattle Egrets, 7 Great White Egrets and 4 Little Egrets flew into the ARC roost.