Not A Bad day!

 Wryneck at Galloways

Early morning I had Galloways all to myself, lots of Common Whitethroats and Willow Warblers along with a few each of Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge and Reed Warbler were in the Brambles and Gorse and on the fence and road, joined by c14 Whinchats, Stonechats, Meadow Pipits, Wheatears and Reed Buntings all were picking off a multitude of emerging insects as was the very elusive Wryneck. 5 Whimbrel and 3 Curlew flew over and a Corn Bunting put in a brief appearance, an excellent start to the day.

Willow Warbler Galloways

A quick stop by the watch towers saw the Little Owl at Lydd Camp

 1 of many Yellow Wagtails at The Midrips

A walk along sea wall at The Midrips saw c150 Golden Plovers roosting at the western end, many Yellow Wagtails were zipping around all over, a minimum of 10 Wheatears were jumping along the path grabbing emerging insects, while in the shallows on the lakes, 13 Avocets, 10 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, a Spotted Redshank, a Grey Plover and a Wood Sandpiper were busy feeding.

 Wood Sandpiper at The Midrips

Dunlin at The Midrips

 c150 Barnacle Geese now at Scotney so it looks like the regular wintering flock has returned

Early afternoon from Hanson 2 Wood Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, a Dunlin and 2 Garganey were seen among the eclipse ducks but little else.

13.45-15.45 from the fishing boats with AJG who kindly collated the numbers:

Common Scoter: 2

Fulmar: 1W

Gannet: 22 around
Arctic Skua: minimum of 3 around
Sandwich Tern: 880W  32E
Common Tern: 168W
Arctic Tern: 4W
Little Tern: 2W
Black Tern: 7W
Swallow: 2 out
Sand Martin: 12 out
Late afternoon from Firth Hide 6+ Black Terns, c200 Common Terns, a Great White Egret, a Hobby and a Sparrowhawk of note.