Egrets!

 Arctic Tern at the fishing boats this morning

07.45-09.15 from the fishing boats:

Red-throated Diver: 1 on sea

Great-crested Grebe: 2 on sea

Gannet: 37 down

Common Scoter: 3 down

Eider: 5 up (2 drakes)

Brent Goose: 3 Down

Oystercatcher: 2 down

Turnstone: 4 on beach

Arctic Skua: 2 around

Pomarine Skua: 1 down (A truly awful image posted at the end of the Blog)

Mediterranean Gull: 1 1w down

Common Tern: 34 down

Arctic Tern: 1 down

Sandwich Tern: 96 down

Guillemot: 1 on sea

Alba Wagtail: 12 up

Swallow: 2 out

Meadow Pipit: c50 on beach

Grey Seal: 1

Common Seal: 1

Harbour Porpoise: 2+

 While I was at the observatory this morning a call from The Joker to say he had found a Cattle Egret by the entrance track at Boulderwall, a nice bird and still present late afternoon. While watching the Egret on my own a Common Buzzard gave a nice flyby.
From Hanson 3 Black-necked Grebes, a Garganey, a Great White Egret, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers, a Water Rail, 7 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, c40 Golden Plover among c200 Lapwing plus all the usual wildfowl.
Another sea watch this afternoon produced of note c50 Swallows leaving for France followed by a Hobby.

 Common Buzzard at Boulderwall

 Hummingbird Hawkmoth in the Plodland trap this morning

 Oncocera semirubella also in the trap this morning

A truly awful image of this mornings Pomarine Skua!