Colour marked Spoonbill at the ARC this morning
Light rain this morning dropped a few waders onto the ARC, singles of Spotted Redshank and Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Common Redshanks, 2 Avocet, 2 Little Stints were all new, they joined the Wood, Green and Common Sandpipers, Dunlin, Ringed Plovers, Common Snipe, Golden Plovers, Lapwing, Oystercatchers etc. At least 3 Garganey were present and 3 Great White Egrets. 7 Glossy Ibis and a Wood Sandpiper were on Dengemarsh.
2 Knot and a Redshank past the Fishing Bots this afternoon
A rather uninspiring 2 hours at the bots this afternoon
13.30-15.30 from the boats
Common Scoter: 2E
Gannet: 52E 11W
Cormorant: present N/C
Redshank: 1E
Knot: 2E
Sanderling: 4E
Black-headed Gull: present N/C
Mediterranean Gull: 3E (2 Juv, 1 2W)
Common Gull: present N/C
Herring Gull: present N/C
Yellow-legged Gull: 2 juvenile around
Great Black-backed Gull: present N/C
Sandwich Tern: 48E 10W
Common Tern: 4E
Arctic Skua: 1W
Guillemot: 1E 1 on
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 3+
Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull
1w Mediterranean Gull
Harbour Seal
The sad sight of a dead Gannet drifting by no doubt a victim of bird flu, another live adult drifted past.
This poor chap is still around but appears to be feeding well
Juvenile Spotted Redshank
This evening at the ARC the juvenile Spotted Redshank came in close for the camera
The juvenile Water Rail also popped out for a brief show just before dark
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