Mainly Sea Watching!

06.30-09.00 from the sea watch hide with AJG(collated the numbers) and DW:

Brent Goose: 130 E

Pintail: 2 E

Shoveller: 8 E

Teal: 5 E

Common Scoter: 186 E

Red-breasted Merganser: 13 E

Red throated Diver: 13 E

Fulmar: 2 E

Gannet: 46 E 

Curlew 20 up

Mediterranean Gull: 2 E

Kittiwake: 1 E

Sandwich Tern: 198 E

Common Tern: 3 E

Little Tern: 1 E

Harbour Porpoise: 10+

 A wander around the bushes on the The Point found 9 Chiffchaffs, 2 Firecrests, 2 Wheatears, a superb male Black Redstart and a Hare of note.

Cattle Egret being harried by the Black-headed Gulls at Dengemarsh.

A visit to Dengemarsh and the Hayfields saw a drake Garganey, a White Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, 2 Avocet, 3 Curlew, a Ringed Plover, a Greenshank, 6 Egyptian Geese, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, 4+ Little Egrets, a Great White Egret and a Cattle Egret being harassed by Black-headed Gulls of note. A pair of Swallows have returned tothe stables in Dengemarsh Road and another flew over the garden while I was having lunch.

Another watch this afternoon 13.00-16.00 from the fishing boats with MH asnd AJG who once again kindly collated the numbers:

Brent Goose: 35 E
Shoveller: 1 E
Common Scoter: 377 E
Red-breasted Merganser: 9 E
Red-throated Diver: 24 E
Fulmar: 1 W
Gannet: 7 W
Whimbrel: 5 E
Turnstone: 7 on beach
Sanderling: 2 E
Curlew: 2 E
Bonxie: 1 W
Little Gull: 3 E
Kittiwake: 2 E
Sandwich Tern: 204 E
Auk: 1 E