An Arctic Skua passing the bouy this afternoon
As I drove to the the towards the beach early this morning the peninsular was covered in dense fog, I decided to make a stop at the ARC in case there was any new arrivals singing. There were plenty of Sedge, Reed and Cetti's Warblers singing with Blackcaps, Common and Lesser Whitethroats, also 2 Cuckoos my first of the year. From Hanson the islands are appearing quite rapidly but nothing was present when I looked this morning. I Carried on to the beach where I met Richard, due to the fog we decided to walk around the trapping area and Desert, on reflection not the wisest of choices, we saw 1 Wheatear and heard Wheatear and Willow Warbler and the resident Stonechats and not much else. As the fog thinned I spent an hour staring out to sea but saw little as visibility was still very restricted.
A pair of Red-crested Pochard this afternoon
Back at the sea watch hide this afternoon for a couple of hours with better visibility there was a short spell where 10 Arctic Skuas, 2 Great Skuas and Pomarine Skua came through but little else.
While I was still sea watching a message came through from Graham that he had found a drake and duck Red-crested Pochard on the Kerton Road, Cemex Pit, as they are barely annual here I resisted the temptation to pack up sea watching straight away and twitch them, though I did see them on way home early evening.
On the reserve the Long-tailed Duck was still present on Burrowes Pit per RW, Greenshank, Whimbrel, LRP and Ruff on the Hay Field per RW also the long staying Greater White-fronted Goose on Denge Marsh. Several Hobbys were also seen
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