Quiet times!

This morning very few Gulls at The Patch as several anglers were fishing there. In a small roost near The Patch 3 juvenile and an adult Mediterranean Gull.

 1 of 3 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls near The Patch today

Sea watching today 10.30-11.30 & 13.30-15.00:

Common Scoter: 52E  16W
Great-crested Grebe: 6 o/s
Gannet: c250 feeding o/s  &  51W
Cormorant: 9 o/s
Oystercatcher: 1W
Turnstone: 1 on beach (my first returning bird)
Whimbrel: 2W
Mediterranean Gull: 3W    2 x ad + 1st summer
Kittiwake: 1W
Sandwich Tern: 130W
Common Tern: 14W
Guillemot: 1E
Sand Martin: 101 out
Harbour Porpoise: 3+
Grey Seal: 1
Hopefully passerine migration will start soon and give me a reason to look in the bushes.

 2 Whimbrel head west past the fishing boats this afternoon

3 Poplar Grey from this mornings catch

Just for Steve Gale!