07.30-09.30 from the fishing boats being joined by DW:
With a rapid deterioration in the weather this afternoon I spent a while scoping the fields in front of Plodland. Highlights were a Peregrine buzzing 200+Lapwing and c20 Golden Plover, Common Buzzard on its usual bush, 3+ Marsh Harriers, a Great White Egret, a little Egret, 3 Grey Herons and 100+Greylag Geese.
Red-throated Diver: 11w 3E
Fulmar: 7w
Gannet: 27w 2E
Brent Goose: 38E
Common Scoter: 226w
Little Gull: 4w
Kittiwake: several 100s feeding off shore and moving west
Auks: 100s probably 1,000s maily Guillemots tooing and froing off shore with some westward movement especially the first half hour.
The 2 Black-throated Divers still on New Diggings also a Great White Egret.
The ARC from the causeway another Great White Egret, 100+ Gadwall, 200+ Pochard, 50+ Tufted Duck, 6 Goldeneye, 1 red head Smew and a Marsh Harrier.
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| Rainbow from Plodland this afternoon. |
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