Lesser Whitethroat from yesterday

07.00-09.00 & 13.45-16.45 AJG,RW,SO et al:

Brent Goose: 6 up

Shoveler: 2 up

Common Scoter: 55 up

Red-breasted Merganser: 16 up

Red-throated Diver: 9 up.  1 down

Great-crested Grebe: 8 around

Fulmar: 12 up.  1 down

Manx Shearwater: 4 up

Gannet: 262 up

Cormorant: present n/c

Oystercatcher: 27 up

Curlew: 2 up 

Whimbrel: 126 up

Bar-tailed Godwit: 1 up

Great Skua: 13 up

Arctic Skua: 11 up

Black-headed Gull: present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull present n/c

Little Gull: 20 up

Kittiwake: 22 up

Sandwich Tern: 188 up

Common/Arctic Tern: 329 up
Little Tern: 2 up

Guillemot: 17 around:

Auk sp: 4 up

Swallow: 6 in

Crow: 4 down

Harbour Porpoise: c20 around

 Sandwich Tern at The fishing boats this afternoon

A late morning sky watch from the garden produced a distant Red Kite, a Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, a Kestrel, several Skylarks singing over the fields and the first 2 Yellow Wagtails of the year in the field. There is still a distinct lack of Hirundines around. 

At Dengemarsh this evening 2 Cuckoo's were the highlight while failing to find yesterdays Cattle Egret that was reported as still being present this afternoon.