First thing this morning at the ARC from Hanson a couple of Common Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover and Black-tailed Godwit among the Lapwings, Black-headed Gulls and wildfowl.

At the reserve centre I assisted Barry Banson with the reserve MV, much to our surprise and delight we found a gorgeous Beautiful Marbled a very scarce migrant from the continent.

The sea was apparently fairly quiet this morning though 6 Arctic Skuas were seen also 2 Great white Egrets and a Spoonbill flew out to to sea per AJG.

 Beautiful Marbled

 Common Sandpiper

An excellent walk around the reserve Plenty of waders around the reserve including a Wood Sandpiper, 8+ Green Sandpipers, 7+ Common Sandpipers, 2 Ruff, 19+ Dunlin, 14+ Ringed Plover, a Greenshank, 21 Redshank, 6+ Great White Egrets, 2+ Whinchats, 4+ Wheatears, a Stonechat, many Common Whitethroats and Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warblers and more, an adult Yellow-legged Gull was in the gull roost by the entrance track.

 Sedge Warbler

 Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at the fishing boats

This afternoons sea watch from the fishing boats in the company of AJG:

14.40-16.10:

Shelduck: 6 down
Gannet: 28 around
Cormorant: 6 around
Sanderling: 2 down
Arctic Skua: 4+ around
Mediterranean Gull: 1 down juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull: 1 juvenile around
Kittiwake: 29 down
Sandwich tern: 107 down
Common Tern: 30 down
Sand Martin: 38 out
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 10+

 Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at the fishing boats

Portland Moth

A Portland Moth was the star find in the Plodland MV also the my first Dog,s Tooth today.