08.00-10.00 from the hide with OL. Wind ENE6 a balmy 6º
Shelduck: 3E
Pintail: 1E
Velvet Scoter: 2E
Great Crested Grebe: 37E
Oystercatcher: 4E
Kittiwake: 58E
Black-headed Gull: present
Mediterranean Gull: 3E
Common Gull: present
Herring Gull: present
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Guillemot: 1,870E
Razorbill: 98E
Red-throated Diver: 222E 13W
Gannet: 324E
Cormorant: 2,000 present
Grey Seal: 2 present
Common Seal: 2 present
The Auks separated by percentage.
Lapwing in field opposite my house this morning
3 Black-necked Grebes at the Kent end of Scotney main pit
Some of the at least 32 Tundra Bean Geese on Walland Marsh today, viewed from Hook Wall, also from the same viewpoint 3 Barnacle Geese, 5 Greater White-fronted Geese, Greylags, Canadas, and Egyptian Geese, also some Bewick swans.
Tundra Bean Geese whiffling after a short fly around
On Burrowes the now usual Caspian and Yellow-legged Gulls, along with the Great Norther Diver, 5 Great White Egrets, 4 Goldeneye and 2 Bewick Swans that were new arrivals today.
Yesterday there was probably at least 3 Kingfishers present.
Left to right:1w Caspian Gull, 1w Y L Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 2w Caspian Gull
Left to right:Cormorant, Dutch ringed 1w Caspian Gull, 1w Herring Gull 1w Caspian Gull, Gull, 3w Caspian Gull, 2w Caspian Gull2 Bewick Swans on Burrowes Pit today
You can't beat a good bit of whiffling!
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