After emptying a surprisingly full MV I made my way to the sea watch hide 08.35-09.35:

Common Scoter: 5E

Gannet: 37E   76W

Cormorant: 16 around

Black-headed Gull: c250 o/s

Common Gull: 5 o/s

Herring Gull: c400 o/s

Lesser Black Backed Gull: 9 o/s

Great Black Backed Gull: c50 o/s

Sandwich Tern: 2E

Harbour Porpoise: 4+

A late morning stop at the ARC found c400 Sand Martins and c15 Swifts over the lake, still 100s of eclipse Pochard and Gadwall, 2 Marsh Harriers and 3 Little Egrets, I was about to wander up to the Water Tower but the rain started and I came home for lunch.

 Juvenile Mediterranean Gull near the fishing boats

 As the rain stopped mid afternoon I went to the fishing boats for a very successful sea watch:
14.45-17.00 from the fishing boats
Common Scoter: 6W all drakes
Balearic Shearwater: 3E @16.25
Fulmar: 2W
Gannet: c50 o/s
Cormorant: 12 around
Turnstone: 2 around
Sanderling: 1W
Oystercatcher: 2W
Arctic Skua: 1W
Mediterranean Gull: 2 juveniles around
Yellow-legged Gull: 2 juveniles around
Black Tern: 4W
Common Tern: 42W
Sandwich Tern: 16W
Guillemot: 1E
Swift: 13S
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 6+

 Turnstones

 A probably doomed Gannet with a plastic bag!

 Another Jersey Tiger in the MV also this one on the nearby Budleia

 A very tatty Sussex Emerald made into my MV

A very smart Large Emerald in the MV this morning