Tuesday 7 May 2019

Kentish Plover!

A 12 hour sea watch today with the undoubted highlight being the Kentish Plover
 A poor image taken through the heat haze from the pebbles of the Kentish Plover that flew in from the sea, landed briefly before departing West. (Could easily turn up at Rye Harbour LNR)
 05.30-17.30 joined throughout the day at various times by AJG, GH, OL, MH, CP, JTM, SM et al
Brent Goose: 12E
Shelduck: 4E     4in
Tufted Duck: 2E
Garganey: 2E
Common Scoter: 373E.  119W
Red-throated Diver: 11E
Black-throated Diver: 3E
Great-crested Grebe: 18 around
Fulmar: 4E.   2 around
Gannet: 343E   17W
Cormorant: 37 around
Oystercatcher: 14E.    8W
Kentish Plover: 1 adult male in then west 
Sanderling: 4E
Dunlin: 4 in then West
Bar-tailed godwits: 11E
Whimbrel: 21E
Great Skua: 5E
Pomarine Skua: 1E
Arctic Skua: 8E
Little Gull: 1E
Kittiwake:11E
Little Tern: 16E
Sandwich Tern: 384E   19W
Common Tern: 186E
Arctic Tern; 94E
Common /Arctic Tern: 2,075E
Black Tern: 5E
Guillemot: 3E
Auk sp: 29E.   6W
Sand Martin: 1 in
Swallow: 34 in
Carrion Crow: 3 in

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