Monday 14/10/2019

Early this morning while counting wildfowl on Burrowes from Firth hide with heavy rain falling, 146 Knot, 12 Dunlin, 2 Redshank and a Curlew dropped in. Before the Knot landed they seemed to dunk themselves into deep water in the middle of the lake, then come to land and preen, as soon as the rain eased they all departed. Other highlights on Burrowes were a Little Stint, a Garganey, a Common Tern, 2 Goldeneye, a Great White Egret, many Chiffchaffs in the bushes, 20 Swallows and 20 House Martins over    

 A German ringed 1w Caspian gull at the fishing boats today

 10.55-13.00 from the fishing boats with JTM & OL
Great-crested Grebe: 3 o/s
Gannet: 18E     21W
Cormorant: present n/c
Turnstone: 1 on beach
Great Phalarope: 1W
Arctic Skua: 2 o/s
Kittiwake: 4W
Little Gull: 2 o/s
Mediterranean Gull: c120 o/s
Caspian Gull: 2 x 1w on beach
Sandwich Tern: 8 o/s
Razorbill: 4E
Auk sp: 8E.      23W
Goldfinch: 40E

 1w Caspian Gull un-ringed at the fishing boats today

 A couple of the c120 Mediterranean Gulls

Late afternoon on the ARC from Hanson, the highlights were, a Little Stint, 4 Dunlin, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Golden Plover, 3 Common Terns and a Water Rail.