Long-tailed Ducks

A sea watch from The Point was so riveting that myself, DW and TG, ended up getting out a map of France and trying to name the headlands we could see as visibility was so good. We did record c50 Common Scoter, 20+ Auk sp. 4 Guillemots, 1 Black-throated Diver, c10 Red-throated Diver and few Gannets. On the beach the Glaucous Gull and Yellow-legged Gull also 2 Swallows over the fishing boats.  

Long-tailed Duck Lade North pit.

On the reserve from Dennis's Hide 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 5 Goldeneye, a Peregrine sitting on an Island, a Marsh Harrier and a Great White Egret, Another Great White Egret on New Diggings, another at Christmas Dell and another from Scott Hide. A bittern gave a brief flyby at Hookers but little else of note.
A Lade North Pit the Long-tailed Duck still and a Goldeneye among the common wildfowl, 2+Cetti's Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs and a Marsh Harrier.
On Walland the 2 adult Whooper Swans at Midley. While waiting at the Woolpack harrier roost 1000+ each of Golden plover and Lapwings flew over being harrassed by a large female Peregrine also a flock of 500+ Greylag Geese were put up by a tractor, c50 Fieldfare came over, several Water Rails were squealing in the reed bed, a Common Buzzard came over and c12 Marsh Harriers flew over the roost but none roosted.