AJG kindly sent me his sea watch sightings today as was I doing the WEBs count on the reserve.
07.30-09.00
Eider:1W (drake)
Red-breasted Merganser: 3W
Red-throated Diver: 8W 12E
Fulmar:4W
Gannet: 339W
Cormorant: 700W into Rye bay
Kittiwake: 259W
Guillemot: 87W c150 o/s
Auk sp: 57E 37W
The WEBs count on Burrowes and New Excavations were a disappointment, I recorded no Moorhens, no Mallard, no Grebes of any description, no Water R and very low numbers of all the other wildfowl. After the count I joined CT in wander around the back of Hookers where we located the drake Smew.
Drake Smew at Hookers late morning
Only 3 Bewick Swans at Midley this afternoon
As the weather closed in this afternoon a quick check at Scotney found 3 Long-tailed Ducks at the Kent end (4 were reported earlier) and the usual feral Geese. On a very barren Walland I only found 3 Bewick Swans at Midley and saw precious little elsewhere on the marsh.
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