Yellowhammers and Scaup!

09.30- 10.20 an uninspiring watch at The Point from the comfort of my car: 

Red-throated Diver: 12W   5E  6+on sea

Great Northern Diver: 1W

Great Crested Grebe: c50 off shore 

Gannet: 6W

Brent Goose: 22E

Shelduck: 3W

Little Gull: 1 off shore

Guillemot: c50 off shore 

 From the causeway 2 Black-throated Divers still and a Great White Egret on the New Diggings, on the ARC a red head Smew, 2 Goldeneye and a Marsh Harrier were the highlights.
Lunchtime a Great White Egret flew over Plodland heading for Scotney.
This afternoon on Walland 2 Marsh Harriers and the usual Tree Sparrows at Baynham Farm. The good news is that the farmer has started dumping seed again in Tickners Lane with immediate results, as I counted 32 Yellowhammers, 4 Corn Buntings, 20+ Chaffinches and 6 Greenfinches as well as a few Stock Doves.

 At Dengemarsh this afternoon in glorious sunshine several Reed Buntings basking, 10+ Meadow Pipits on the fence posts, a Marsh Harrier and a Raven. It cant be long before the first Garganey and migrant waders take advantage of the flooded hayfields.

Dengemarsh and the flooded Hayfield this afternoon.

Late afternoon at Scotney 4 Scaup, the Black-necked Grebe, another Marsh Harrier and the Great White Egret on the back lake.