Tuesday 17/03/2020

As I did not get home from the airport till 03.00 AM I had a lay in, luckily I did get to Dave & Sheila Bunney's just in time to get a brief view of the Short-toed Treecreeper that was in their garden this morning, before it headed out to The Desert not to be seen again today. Firecrest and Gils crest were also present, several Wheatears were seen opposite the garden which I missed.
At the ARC I again failed to see the Red-necked Grebe, I did mange to see of note see a Great White Egret, 4+ Cetti's Warblers, several Chiffchaffs and Marsh Harrier.

 The 2nd calendar year Glaucous Gull

A fairly mundane sea watch this afternoon much improved by the appearance of "The Brute" the 2nd calendar year Glaucous Gull.
13.45-15.00 from the fishing boats:
Brent Goose: 15E
Red-throated Diver: 8W      3E
Great-crested Grebe: 231 o/s
Gannet: 3W
Cormorant: present n/c
Turnstone: 6 on beach
Kittiwake: 1W
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Common Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Glaucous Gull: 1 x 2nd cal year around
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Sandwich Tern: 1W
Guillemot: 2E
Auk sp: 3E

The Punk Great Black-backed Gull was still present today at the fishing boats

Late afternoon at Dengemarsh there were still at least 7 Water Pipits in the hay field behind Christmas Dell, also 2 Curlew, 4 Redshank and a Ruff of note. At least 2 White Wagtails were among many Pied Wagtails at the Dung Heap.