Sea watching

Hobby coming in by the sea watch hide 

 In 3 sea watches today 05.20-09.50, 11.45-16.20, 18.45-19.45 with AJG, DW, MB, ML,AL, PT, MH et al. the following totals:
Great Northern Diver: 1E
Black Throated Diver: 6E
Red Throated Diver: 32E
Diver sp: 6E
Fulmar: 9E
Gannet: c150E
Brent Geese: 25E
Common Scoter: 291E
Velvet Scoter: 9E
Eider: 2E
Red Breasted Merganser: 5E
Hobby: 1in
Bar Tailed Godwit: 160+ E
Whimbrel: 17E
Curlew: 1E
Knot: 5E
Sanderling: 3E
Great Skua: 11E
Arctic Skua: 27E
Pomarine Skua: 5E
Sandwich Tern: c250E
Common Tern: c2000E
Arctic Tern: 75E
Little Tern: 5E
Little Gull: 5E
Kittiwake: 32E
Guillemot: 4E
Auk sp: 34E
Swallow: 90 in
Sand Martin: 16 in
Swift: 1 in
Yellow Wagtail: 2 in
Serin: 1 west over the sea watch hide.

Fulmar over the sea watch hide

 In the desert at least 1 Ring Ouzel and a Common Redstart in the moat.
At the ARC car park a Nightingale singing as was a couple of Lesser Whitethroats and all the usual warblers with several Hobbys around.

Lesser Whitethroat by ARC car park