November Gloom!

A thoroughly wet and miserable morning on the peninsular, with very little improvement in the afternoon.
A not unexpectedly poor sea watch in the shelter of the fishing boats with the highlight being a Ring- tail Hen Harrier coming in.
07.20-10.10 from the fishing boats with NF, DW et al:
Common Scoter: 2W
Red-breasted Merganser: 2W
Red-throated Diver: 1E   2W    1 on
Great-crested Grebe: 11 around
Gannet: 37W    16E
Hen Harrier: 1 in
Merlin: 1 around
Turnstone: 2 around
Dunlin: 4E   2W
Little Gull: 3W
Kittiwake: 32W    11E
Mediterranean Gull: 17E    4W
Guillemot: 2E
Auk sp: 12E    9W
Starling: 520 in
Late morning on Burrowes in the now very heavy rain nothing of note was seen, though the 6 Cattle Egrets were still present on Dengemarsh per MH.
This afternoon another poor sea watch but at least it had stopped raining.
13.30-15.00 from the fishing boats with AJG, CT, OL
Red-throated Diver:  2 on
Great-crested Grebe: 6 around
Gannet: 22W
Little Gull: 2W
Kittiwake: c120 around
Mediterranean Gull: 4E
Sandwich Tern: 17W
Guillemot: 2W
Razorbill: 1 on
Auk sp: 3E
Starling: 4 in
Late afternoon on Burrowes from Makepiece DW picked out a 1w Caspian Gull in the gloom and 8 Great White Egrets and 2 Little Egrets were in front of Scott Hide.