This mornings wander around The Desert area saw 15 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 10+ Stonechat, a few each of Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Comon and Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, 2+ Black Redstarts a Sparrowhawk and steady trickle Meadow Pipits and Hirundines overhead, I managed to miss 2 Common Redstarts seen by Mike so still a blank autumn for me on this species.
Great White Egret at the ARC
The ARC held more or less the same birds as the last few days. All 3 Egrets species, Black Tern, Little Gull, Garganey, also the usual waders and wildfowl, along with 100s of Sand Martins and a Sparrowhawk trying its luck to catch them.
Cattle Egret at the ARC
Garganey at the ARC
1st cal year Caspian Gull
This afternoons sea watch with AJG, JTM & RO was again abysmal for September:
Gannet: c20 around
Cormorant: present n/c
Turnstone: 1 around
Arctic Skua: 2 around
Caspian Gull: 1st cal year bird around
Yellow-legged Gull: 1st cal year bird around
Sandwich Tern: c30 around
Common Tern: c10 around
Harbour Porpoise: 4+
Grey Seal: 2
German ringed Lesser black-backed Gull HAELR
This evening again good numbers of Lesser Black-backed Gulls coming to roost at Firth giving me a few more colour rings to read. A Black-necked Grebe was new on Burrowes first spotted by BH this afternoon.
Norwegian ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull J379Z
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