This morning I went to the sea watch hide out of hope rather than expectation, the fog horn was blaring as visibility out to sea was only a few hundred metres, so I wasn't surprised that after an hours watching I'd only seen a handful each of Gannets, Red-throated Divers and Common Scoter. I spent the next couple of hours wandering around the ARC which was also very quiet avian wise.
After a late breakfast a message came through about a Hoopoe that had been seen on the west side of the Kerton Road, Cemex Quarry. After spending 90 minutes or so there with other locals there was no further sight of the Hoopoe which the finders had seen fly across the quarry and had photos of it, a Woodcock and a Caspian Gull were some consolation. The rest of the day was very quiet, there was still at least 4 Black redstarts around the Polish Memorial.
1st winter Caspian Gull on Denge Marsh yesterday
A very distant record image of the female Long-tailed Duck on Burrowes yesterday
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