2 Velvet Scoters and a Red-breasted Merganser
07.05-10.30 MH,DW & AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
A dull, cold, drizzly morning which saw a surprisingly good sea watch.
Brent Goose: 17 down 2 up
Shelduck: 18 down
Teal: 5 down
Wigeon: 4 down
Common Scoter: 46 up 76 down
Velvet Scoter: 2 down
Eider: 1 male down
Red-breasted Merganser: 5 down 2 up
Red-throated Diver: 8 down
Gannet: 442 down
Cormorant: many present n/c
Knot: 1 down
Dunlin: 11 down
Bar-tailed Godwit: 1 down
Curlew: 1 down
Great Skua: 10 down 1 up
Mediterranean Gull: 7 down
Kittiwake: 92 down
Guillemot: 26 up 3 on sea
Razorbill: 7 up 4 on sea
Auk sp: 427 up
Skylark: 2 in
Starling: 4220 down/in
Chaffinch: 193 in
No sign of the Purple Sandpiper on the Denge Marsh Groyne today, though one was reportedly seen on Burrowes today. Still a few Golden Plover & Lapwing on the fields opposite Herons Park.
A very slow hour at the fishing boats this afternoon:
14.15-15.15 from the fishing boats, joined by AJG:
Common Scoter: 4 down
Red-throated Diver: 1 down + 1 on
Great-crested Grebe: 14 around
Gannet: c40 around
Turnstone: 1 on beach
Curlew: 1 down
Kittiwake: c80 around
Sandwich Tern: 3 around
Guillemot: 2 on
Razorbill: 3 on
Auk sp: 31 up
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