Brents Starting To Move

Half an hour at the sea watch hide this morning was some what disappointing, as what had been an interesting watch came to abrupt end as I arrived. I did manage to see c60 Brent Geese and a Bonxie.

A wander to The Patch was uneventful. Although c1000 Gulls were present I found nothing of note. the wander back to the Old Lighthouse was just as uneventful.
Thinking I'd go to Rye Harbour I stopped at Scotney which was virtually birdless. The road was blocked temporarily at Jurys Gap, so I turned round and went back to Dengemarsh where I walked round the hayfields to Hookers then out to the go cart track and back. En route I had several sightings of Bitterns, Bearded Tits, Cetti's Warblers and Marsh Harriers. 2 Common Buzzards were over the fields which were full of Lapwings, Golden Plovers and Fieldfares, I eventually located the 5 Tundra Bean Geese at the back of Dengemarsh with some Barnacle Geese.
Just under 2 hours at the fishing boats this afternoon produced:
Red-throated Diver: 22E  + 4 on the sea.
Great Crested Grebe: N/C  but good numbers on the sea.
Gannet: 16E
Brent Geese: 127E
Wigeon: 39E
Pintail: 6E
Shoveler: 8E
Common Scoter: 3W
Curlew: 146E
Great Skua: 1E
Kittiwake: N/C
Auks: N/C but good numbers on sea + moving E