Much quieter at The Patch this morning with no more than 15 Common Terns present and the usual 1st summer Little Gull trying to hide among the Black-headed Gulls.
09.00 I arrived at the observatory at the same as Patrick came back from doing the net rounds empty handed again! Apparently 7 nets had been out since 05.00 and not a single bird trapped!
I then headed to the fishing boats finding Mr Chidwick, Mr Ashton, Mr Hatch and Mr Smith already there looking slightly bored. After a few minutes of staring at virtually blank sea I could see why, though we did have a Black Tern and a Little Gull and c40 Common Scoter. Another short visit this afternoon found little change in the birds or observers, but 5 Sanderling and 8 Turnstone moved west along the shoreline.
After a lovely swim late afternoon at Jurys Gap I was going to walk along The Midrips, as I started I saw CT and BH heading back, they suggested I should not bother so I went to the ARC where 5 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Green Sandpipers, 4 LRPs, 2 Yellow Wagtails and a Black-necked Grebe could be seen.
09.00 I arrived at the observatory at the same as Patrick came back from doing the net rounds empty handed again! Apparently 7 nets had been out since 05.00 and not a single bird trapped!
I then headed to the fishing boats finding Mr Chidwick, Mr Ashton, Mr Hatch and Mr Smith already there looking slightly bored. After a few minutes of staring at virtually blank sea I could see why, though we did have a Black Tern and a Little Gull and c40 Common Scoter. Another short visit this afternoon found little change in the birds or observers, but 5 Sanderling and 8 Turnstone moved west along the shoreline.
After a lovely swim late afternoon at Jurys Gap I was going to walk along The Midrips, as I started I saw CT and BH heading back, they suggested I should not bother so I went to the ARC where 5 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Green Sandpipers, 4 LRPs, 2 Yellow Wagtails and a Black-necked Grebe could be seen.