Still Sea Watching!

                                     3 of a covey of 13 in the field opposite Plodland

Most of this weekend was spent around the fishing boats looking out to sea. The numbers of Auks and divers has dropped dramatically, today they were virtually non existent, where have they all gone? There are still a handful of Little Gulls around and the 1w Glaucous Gull. This afternoon a patch year tick in the form of Eider flying west but otherwise little of note. The Hume's Leaf Warbler is still in the south end of the trapping area.
Around the reserve 5+ Great White Egrets, 3+ red head Smew, at least 1 Goosander and 1+ Black Throated Diver. From the entrance track today 117 Curlew in the fields.