07.15-09.45 from the sea watch hide with AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Brent Goose: 178W 7E
Shelduck: 1E
Mallard: 2E
Pintail: 16E
Wigeon: 31W
Teal: 1W
Shoveller: 3E
Velvet Scoter: 1E Drake
Common Scoter: 38W 6 E
Great-crested Grebe: 3 around
Gannet: c50E
Cormorant: present
Merlin: 1 in
Oystercatcher: 3E
Curlew: 1E
Arctic Skua: 4+ around
Sandwich Tern: 46E
Common Tern: 1E
Mediterranean Gull: 10E
Swallow: 241 out
Meadow Pipit: 54E
Linnet: 40E
Harbour Porpoise: 4+
Around the lighthouse area several each of Goldcrests and Chiffchaffs and 2 Wheatears.
At the ARC 9 Great White Egrets, 2 Dunlin and the usual wildfowl. Around the Willow Trail, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warblers and a Water Rail. While I was in the car park a party of c25 Greater White-fronted Geese flew over the first of the Autumn.
horrible shot of the White-fronted Geese
On the reserve the Cattle Egret was performing at Boulderwall Farm, while on Burrowes 2 Avocets, 6 Ringed Plovers, 6 Dunlin, a Common Sandpiper, a Goldeneye, a Yellow Wagtail and another Great White Egret. A Tundra Bean Goose was on Dengemarsh per MH.
1 of several Mediterranean Gulls off the fishing boats this PM
14.05-15.35 from the fishing boats with AJGBrent Goose: 30E 7W
Eider: 1W
Common Scoter: 5E 2W
Bar-tailed Godwit: 2E
Arctic Skua: 4 around
Mediterranean Gull: 5+ around
Sandwich Tern: 51E
Arctic Tern: 1 around
Guillemot: 1 on sea
Rock Pipit: 1 around
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 5+
Brent Geese past the fishing boats this PM
Raven beating a Crow over Dengemarsh late afternoon
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