Wheatears!

Had a lay in this morning which meant I missed the 2 early Pomarine Skuas and the 2 Black-throated Divers.
Driving along the approach road about 07.30 I noticed that there seemed to be a few Wheatears around, parking at the new lighthouse I walked back along the shingle to the lifeboat station with AJG we counted c70 Wheatears, 6 Shelduck flew over but little else was noted.

 Gleaming in the morning sunshine

1 of six that flew over The Point this morning

The rest of the morning I spent at home waiting for a parcel delivery which gave me the opportunity to do some sky watching. 2 Common Buzzards, 2 Marsh Harriers and a Hobby were the highlights of an otherwise slow watch.

Early afternoon at the ARC found Reed and Sedge Warblers still in small numbers, Common and Lesser Whitethroat and Cetti's Warbler were all very vocal, also a Cuckoo there and 2 Hobby's over the tower pits,  however very little of note on the lake.

I then wandered down to The Patch where c30 Common Terns were around the boil, c100 large Gulls in the roost several bearing black Norwegian rings which due to the heat shimmer I was unable to read, also 2 Wheatears there.

A sea watch from the fishing boats started very well with a Sooty Shearwater heading North into Lade Bay, but that was highlight of a very poor watch.

14.45-16.30 with AJG,MH,RW,CT,JTM et al.

Red-throated Diver: 1E
Great-crested Grebe: 12 around
Sooty Shearwater: 1E
Gannet: 17W
Kittiwake: 11W
Auk sp: 1W
Harbour Porpoise: 6+

Late afternoon visit to Galloways and Dengemarsh Gully found another c40 Wheatears but almost nothing else of note.