Garden Sparrowhawk!

As the beach was packed with wall to wall fisherman taking part in the World Dab Championship, I only spent a few minutes there. That was enough time to see that there was very little change from the last few days, Cormorants, Auks, Red-throated Divers, Great-crested Grebes, Kittiwakes and Gannets, a single Harbour Porpoise and a Grey Seal.

I joined RW in walk around the reserve which was some what underwhelming, though we did see the drake Smew on Burrowes feeding between Makepiece and Scott Hide. We stopped off at Dennis's hide where we found 3 colour ringed Great Black-backed Gulls, a Norwegian, a Danish and a Normandy rung birds, what made them more unusual was that that there was only 15 Great Black-backed Gulls present.

While having lunch a superb male Sparrowhawk made 3 visits to my garden, even posing for photographs, unfortunately they had to be taken through dirty windows, on its third visit it left me with  Great Tit less to feed. 

 Male Sparrowhawk

This afternoon saw the 2 Whooper Swans still from Cockles Bridge, nearby at least 3 Cattle Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets and a Peregrine eating what looked like a Wigeon at Boulderwall.
From Dengemarsh Road c30 Curlew, 100s of Golden Plover and Lapwing but no sign of the Ruff, 2+ Marsh Harriers, a Common Buzzard, c150 Greylag Geese with only an Egyptian Goose with them.
3 Goosander were on Bretts Marina though difficult to see. The 34 Bewick Swans were still at Horses Bones Farm today per PT.