07.00-11.00 from the fishing boats with SG,MH & DW

Brent Goose: 15E  24W

Shelduck: 3W

Teal: 2E   7W

Wigeon: 20W       5E

Pintail: 1W

Common Scoter: 41E          82W

Great-crested Grebe: 3 around

Red-throated Diver: 2E       19W    1 on

Great Northern Diver: 1E   2W

Manx Shearwater: 1E

Sooty Shearwater: 1E

Gannet: 204E    36W

Cormorant: 32E        157W

Turnstone: 2 around

Kittiwake: 57E       24W

Mediterranean Gull: 54E    13W

Guillemot: 15E   2W       4 on

Razorbill: 9E      2W          2 on

Auk sp: 631E      88W

Starling: 12 in

Harbour Porpoise: 3+

Grey Seal: 1

Late morning crossing the causeway 5 Great White Egrets & 7 Little Egrets lined up waiting for the squadrons of Cormorants to chase fish into the shallows.

 Little Owl at Scotney

Lunchtime at Scotney, the feral Barnacle Geese flock on the sward, the Little Owl on its usual perch, at the back of the farm c1,000 Golden Plover, less welcome c1,000 Greylag Geese, c200 Canada Geese, 7 Egyptian Geese, also a Great White Egret. 

 Starlings bathing at Scotney

 Guillemot at the fishing boats

As the started I went back to the fishing boats for an hour seeing a few more Auks, Gannets, Kittiwakes and Mediterranean Gulls including 11 on the beach, a couple of Guillemots were feeding on the whitebait close inshore. 

 Mediterranean Gulls on beach by the fishing boats

 1w Caspian Gull from Firth

A tweet from DW who was sheltering in Firth hide saying he had a couple of colour ringed Caspian Gulls in front the hide but was unable to read the rings, gave me a good reason to abandon the fishing boats for the relative comfort of Firth Hide. The colour ringed birds had flown but I did see 2 adult, a slightly oiled 2w bird and 1w bird, also 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, a Goosander, 2 Jack Snipe and 3+ Great White Egrets.  

 Black-tailed Godwit from Firth

2 Jack Snipe in the downpour