Around the area!

Sea Watch from the fishing boats with AJG and DW 07.00-09.00

Gannet 64 E

Teal 5 W

Wigeon 13 E

Scoter 2 W

Ringed Plover 2 in

Dunlin 1 in

Curlew 2 E

Turnstone 4 W

Arctic Skua 14 W

Arctic tern 1 W

Common tern 6 W

Sandwich Tern 34 W

Auk Sp 4 W

Hobby 1 in

Wheatear: 1 on beach

Swallow 7 E

Sand Martin 2 E

Grey Wagtail 3 over

Meadow Pipit 3 over

At the south end of the ARC of note:

Black-necked Grebe: 2 

Ruff: 5 

Greenshank: 2 

Yellow Wagtail: 2

Sand Martin: c300 over the lake

At Galloways with MH and BP: of note

Whinchat: 9

Wheatear: 1

Stonechat: 2

The ARC from Hanson: of note

Black-necked Grebe: 2

Little Egret: 4

Hobby: 1

Black-tailed Godwit: 9

Dunlin: 2

Common Snipe: 1

Golden Plover: c50

Marsh Harrier: 1

Cetti's Warbler: 2

On  Burrowes Pit: of note

Great White Egret: 1

Little Egret: 2

Hobby: 2

Marsh Harrier: 1

Ruff: 3

Common Snipe: 2

Greenshank: 1

Bar-tailed Godwit: 1

Dunlin: 12

Ringed Plover: 4

Golden Plover: c30

One again The Midrips looked so good yet delivered little:

Culew: 3 

Dunlin: 11

Sanderling: 1

Ringed Plover: 8

Golden plover: c20 on shingle ridge

Hobby: 1

Sandwich Tern: 3

Scotney still holds the 2 Ruddy Shelduck, the Egyptian Geese along with 100s of Greylags and Canada Geese.

This afternoon From The Fishing Boats 13.45-15.45 with DW:

Common Scoter: 10W

Whimbrel: 1 in

Dunlin: 3 on beach

Ringed Plover: 1 on beach

Arctic Skua: 10W  6E

Kittiwake: 2W

Little Gull : 1 the usual bird

Guillemot: 2W

Auk sp: 7W

No Counts mad of Gannet, Sandwich Terns and commic Terns.

Arctic Skua from the fishing boats