Mostly sea watching!

06.10-09.10 from the fishing boats with AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Teal:304W
Wigeon: 79W
Pintail: 9W
Common Scoter: 103W
Fulmar: 1W
Gannet: 7E
Sparrowhawk: 1 around
Oystercatcher: 3E
Dunlin 1 down
Pomarine Skua: 1 around
Arctic Skua: 10  around
Sandwich Tern: 172W
Common Tern: 6W
Arctic Tern: 6W
Little Tern: 10W
Black Tern: 2W
Guillemot: 1 around
Swallow: 138 out
Sand Martin: 5 out
Yellow Wagtail: 44 out
Grey Wagtail: 1 heard

A wander around The Moat produced of note a Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, 4 Chiffchaffs and 2 Common Whitethroats.

Whinchat in The Moat

On the ARC from the causeway the White-winged Black Tern briefly before it towered away towards the power station, though I understand that it returned to the ARC this afternoon.

While emptying the Plodland MV Yellow Wagtails were calling over head constantly, a steady trickle of Swallows, a couple of Siskins and a Tree Pipit.

From Springfield Bridge a Great-white Egret, a Hobby and more Yellow Wagtails. It would appear from speaking to other birders that there was little in the way of grounded migrants on the peninsular.

Redshank

This afternoon while sea watching I spotted a wader a long way out coming in, it seemed a bit erratic in flight and wasn't sure what it was until it came closer, it eventually landed in front of me on the waters edge, a small wave promptly bowled it over making me think it was tired after crossing the English Channel, I then realised that it's bill was open all the time so took some images of it and shortly after it flew off inland. On closer inspection of the images this evening it appears that the lower mandible may be broken, see the image below. 

Redshank with broken lower mandible?

Sea watch from the fishing boats 13.00-16.00 with AJG,BC. MH and PT.

Brent Goose: 4W

Shelduck: 2E

Teal: 1E   25W

Common Scoter: 27E

Great-crested Grebe: 2 around

Fulmar: 1W

Gannet: 9E

Cormorant: 6 around

Oystercatcher: 1E

Sanderling: 2W

Turnstone: 3 around

Redshank: 1 in

Curlew: 1E

Arctic Skua:  8E   4W

Sandwich Tern: 140E   27W

Common Tern: 8E

Guillemot: 1 around (different bird from this morning)

Swallow: 43 out

Grey Seal: 1

Common Seal: 1

Harbour Porpoise:  10+

Burnished Brass always nice to find one of these in the MV