The sea from the fishing boats the last 3 days have been littered with 1,000s of sea birds, mainly Guillemots, Razorbills, Great-crested Grebes, Red-throated Divers, Gannets, Kittiwakes and 1,000s of Cormorants, with a few Common Scoter, Great Skuas, Brent Geese and Mediterranean Gulls. Very few of these birds appear to be going any where, just moving from Lade Bay to Rye Bay and back to feed. Several Caspian Gulls have added some interest. The 3 Cattle Egrets seem to have taken residence in the horse paddocks opposite Home Leigh Farm, the 2 Whooper swans are still at the back of Scotney and the Bewick Swans are at Horses Bones Farm. In general the reserve has been very quiet, still no Smew and all the Goosander have moved on, a distinct lack of grey Geese though 100 flew over Dengemarsh Chistmas Eve per Pam & Pete, Bitterns, Bearded Tits and Great White Egrets are still seen daily.
I wont be doing any posts for a couple of weeks due to domestic stuff.
1w Caspian Gull
1w Caspian Gull
1w Caspian Gull
1 of the many Gannets off shore
Also many Kittiwakes around
Guillemots and a Razorbill
Many Razorbills
Many Guillemots
Great-crested Grebe numbers building best count of 249 so far
Many Red-throated Divers around
Dunlin and a single Sanderling
Dunlin and a single Sanderling
Dunlin
Dunlin
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