A Foggy Start!

First thing this morning, the fog was so thick at the sea watch hide the sea was obscured, a few Meadow Pipits were seen and heard coming in. A fog bow formed a phenomenon I don't recall seeing before. The partial clearance of the fog when 32 Brent Geese flew along the shore was brief.

MB and myself decided to have a look at the trapping area, we heard a Willow Warbler and saw and heard the Hume's Leaf Warbler, which is very mobile and camera shy.

By now the fog had cleared so we made our way back to the sea. Another 50 Brent Geese were seen, 25 Common Scoter, 12 Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Common Terns, 2 Red Throated Divers and 5 Gannets, c10 Sandwich Terns were feeding off shore as were 2+Harbour Porpoises. While we were in the trapping area 5 Velvet Scoter flew east and 2 Swallows came in.

At 10.00 I went back home for breakfast, as I ate it a Spoonbill flew over(that will teach me to leave my phone in the car).

Late morning at Scotney of note 36 Ringed Plover, 14 Dunlin, 1 Grey Plover, 6 Redshank, 4 Curlew and an Avocet,

 The Midrips

A plod along the green wall at The Midrips/Wicks  saw a single Brent Goose on the beach, 4 Pintail, 4 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 11 Mallard, 38 Shelduck, 11 Coot, 2 Ringed Plovers, 6 Redshank,16 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet, 2 Mediterranean Gulls and a few each of Skylark, Meadow Pipit and Reed Bunting.

A late afternoon/early evening walk around the reserve saw 4 Marsh Harriers, 6+Sedge Warblers, a Slavonian Grebe but little else as the weather deteriorated.