Brent Geese passing out in the gloom this morning

08.00-09.00 from the sea watch hide in poor visibility:
Brent Goose: 246E
Common Scoter: 8E
Red-throated Diver: 15E    1W
Fulmar: 1E
Great-crested Grebe: 1W     2 on
Gannet: 27E   c20 feeding
Cormorant: 34 around
Kittiwake: 9E     8 on
Guillemot:  1E     32 on
Razorbill: 7E    2 on
Auk sp: 17E

 Ruff at Boulderwall

By the time I got to Boulderwall this morning the fog had lifted and the sun was shining, there I found 4 Cattle Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets, 14 Ruff, 26 Golden Plover, 8 Curlew, a Little Grebe, c200 Wigeon and the usual Coot and feral Geese all frequently being flushed by a couple of Marsh Harriers and a Common Buzzard. 

4 drake Goldeneye on the ARC were displaying to 5 females, c100 Pochard and c30 Tufted Duck were sleeping on the mirror like lake but little else of note.

I then went to Dennis's Hide hoping to spend some time looking at Gulls, I was to be disappointed as there was only a handful of Gulls present, there was a minimum of 600 Lapwings roosting on the islands, also thankfully a huge drop in the number of Cormorants roosting. 

The 2 Whooper Swans were still in the Kale field from Cockles Bridge. 

A Little Owl was by the Lydd camp watchtowers this afternoon also Green Woodpecker there. 

At Dengemarsh and down the Gully the highlights were c50 Reed Buntings, 2 Corn Buntings and c40 Linnets.  Hopefully a change in the weather will liven things up.

 Golden Plover over Bouldrerwall

Wigeon at Cook's Pool