Steady Sea Watch

07.40-10.40 from the end of the concrete road with The Joker and JC:

Red-throated Diver:            97E     7W

Black-throated Diver:            4E

Fulmar:                                5E    2W

Gannet:                              43E

Brent Goose:                     494E

Shelduck:                              2E

Teal:                                    21E

Garganey:                              5E

Red-breasted Merganser:       23E

Common Scoter:                816E

Velvet Scoter:                       5E

Merlin:                                 1+ hunting off shore giving a spectacular display.

Curlew:                              22E

Oystercatcher:                      7E

Ringed Plover:                      1E

Sandwich Tern:                  56E

Kittiwake:                            5E

Little Gull:                           1E

Mediterranean Gull:             5E

Glaucous Gull:               usual bird on beach

Auk sp:                              3E     2W

Harbour Porpoise:              2+ off shore

Long-tailed Duck, Scotney.

Early afternoon at Scotney 2 Little Ringed Plovers at the new pit, the Long Tailed Duck was on the first pit east of the main pit, 3 Black-necked Grebes, an Avocet, 7 Redshank, 8 Ringed Plovers and 3 Little Egrets on the main Pit.
Mid afternoon ½hr watch from the concrete road was slow with just 30 Common Scoter E, Red Throated Diver 4E 2W, 6 Sandwich Terns feeding off shore and 65 Brent Geese E as I finally left the beach. 

The 1W Glaucous Gull was once again performing impeccably this afternoon as I chatted with Mick and Richard. I now have 100s of images of this bird, I just cant resist taking more as it shows so well. Pity the Wheatears aren't so obliging.