Merlin!

Juvenile Sabine's Gull at the puddles by the fishing boats this afternoon

07.30-09.00 from the sea watch hide thanks to AJG for collating the numbers:
Brent Goose: 62W
Wigeon: 20W
Tufted Duck: 3E
Common Scoter: 3E
Eider: 3E
Gannet: 102W
Cormorant: present n/c
Merlin: 1 in
Curlew: 1W
Great Skua: 1W
Arctic Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 3W
Mediterranean Gull: 6E
Sandwich Tern: 13W
Razorbill: 1E   1W
Auk sp: 3E
I joined JTM on a walk around the trapping area and Moat where we saw 9 Ring Ouzels (OL saw 11 more at the top end) c30 Song Thrushes, c10 Redwing, c120 Fieldfare, flushed a Woodcock from The Moat, Brambling, Siskin, Chiffchaffs, Goldcrests, House Martin and many Robins.

 3 of at least 8 Black Redstarts around today

Merlin trapped inside the wheelhouse of Joe's fishing boats!

Not a happy Merlin (a very large juvenile female)

Short video of the Merlin turn the volume up

These Barnacle Geese came in off the sea then flew east

Juvenile Sabine's Gull at the fishing boats

I just spotted it time to stop the car and take a snap

The regular German 1w Caspian Gull

The following is from The Patch, Sea Watch hide and Fishing Boats:
Brent Goose: 31W   19E
Barnacle Goose: 6 in then East
Common Scoter: 8E
Red-throated Diver: 2 o/s
Great-crested Grebe: 17 o/s
Gannet: c150W
Cormorant: present n/c
Merlin: 1
Turnstone: 5 on beach
Dunlin: 2E
Sanderling: 1E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 1E
Woodcock: 1 in and landed in power station car park
Great skua: 2W
Arctic Skua: 2W
Kittiwake: c30 o/s
Sabine’s Gull: 1 around
Black-headed Gull: c200 at The Patch
Mediterranean Gull: c30 o/s
Herring Gull: c500 at The Patch
Yellow-legged Gull: 2 on beach ad + 1w
Caspian Gull: 2 on beach both 1w
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 6+ at The Patch
Great Black-backed Gull: c100 at The Patch
Razorbill: 4W
Guillemot: 1W    2 on sea
Auk sp: c60W
Black Redstart: 1 in + 5 at The Patch, 2 more at the lighthouse
Starling: 260 in
Brambling: 2  1 at The Patch & 1 at the boats

A newly arrived Brambling feeding by the puddles