15/10/2025

North Thames ringed Herring Gull (Red 2DAT) with several 100s of other Gulls gorging themselves on White Bait driven ashore by marauding Mackerel, at times the sea was boiling with the Mackerel.

As a stiff NNE wind was blowing this morning I wasn't expecting a busy sea watch, so 298 Mediterranean Gulls moving west was a bit of a surprise, a Red-breasted Merganser moving west was my first of the Autumn, a full list can be seen HERE on the excellent Trektellen Web Site.

The TS Royalist is the Sea Cadets training vessel and was anchored off the power station this morning

A pair of Migrant Hawkers 

 Away from the sea many Chaffinches were moving NW along with smaller numbers of Swallows, Siskin, Redpolls, Redwings and the odd Fieldfare and Mistle Thrush. A Yellow-browed Warbler was calling unseen in the Willow trail, another was in the trapping area and another made a brief appearance in a Greatstone Garden. A Little Stint was on the ARC and a Curlew Sandpiper was in front of Firth, a couple of Glossy Ibis and the Pink-footed Goose was at Dengemarsh, little else was reported today.