This morning I thought I'd give the Camber Red-necked Grebe yet another visit in the hope of getting some decent images. Pulling into the layby I was pleased to find no one else there, but I couldn't see the Grebe. Looking into the NW corner I could see the resident Great-crested Grebes chasing a Little Grebe. I then spotted the Red-necked Grebe acting as if there was a predator around, it was in fact trying to escape the notice of the Great-crested Grebes. Keeping flat on the surface it swam towards me constantly checking on the position of Great-crested Grebes, after a couple of minutes it was only few yards away from me giving superb views. Also there a Kingfisher, 3 Little Egrets and several Curlews.
At Scotney the Black-necked Grebe was sheltering behind the Herring Gull Island, the only grey geese present were a few Greylags, a Marsh Harrier was hunting the north bank.
From the causeway a Slavonian grebe and 4 Goldeneye were on the New Diggings, the Ring-necked duck was still on Cook's Pool. From Cockles Bridge 3 Ruff with c500 Lapwing and c200 Golden Plover feeding in the paddocks and fields.
A truly awful image of a 2nd cal year Pomarine Skua
This afternoon at the fishing boats in the company of Mick, Richard and Chris a Pomarine Skua was beating up the kittiwakes, 100s of Auks mainly Guillemots, a few each of Red-throated Divers and Gannets.
Probably 5 Caspian Gulls came into this afternoons offerings, 3 x 1w(including the regular bird) and 2 x 2w.
2w Caspian Gull
1w Caspian Gull
2w Caspian Gull
2w Caspian Gull
1w Caspian Gull
The regular 1w bird
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