Monday 4 March 2019

A stormy morning with much promise but produced very little.
06.35-09.00 from the sea watch hide with AJG & OL
Brent: 275E
Common Scoter: 22E    8W
Red-throated Diver: 36W     11E
Great-crested Grebe: 4 on
Fulmar: 4W    2E
Gannet: c60 around
Cormorant: present n/c
Merlin: 2 in
Dunlin: 2W
Mediterranean Gull: 1E
Kittiwake: 28W
Sandwich Tern: 10W
Guillemot: 12W
Razorbill: 2W
Auk sp: 62W
Harbour Porpoise: 1+
Grey Seal: 1
I checked all the Camber pools and Scotney lakes but did not find anything of note, the feral Barnacle Goose flock was still on the sward.
At Boulderwall at least 12 Ruff, 14 Curlew and Great White Egret of note. On Burrowes 2 Caspian Gulls a 1w and 2w which had white Czech ring on it, I spent at least an hour waiting for it to show the ring fully but it stubbornly kept most of it hidden, so I all I could read was - - -:U Also on the reserve 3 Goldeneye and the Black-necked Grebe per PB.
Herring Gull W4VT at the fishing boats this afternoon last seen on 17/02/2019
13.35-14.25 from the fishing boats:
Red-throated Diver: 3W
Great-crested Grebe: 243 around
Fulmar: 1W
Gannet: c30 around
Cormorant: 992 around (per MH & CP)
Kittiwake: 3W
Guillemot: 7W    26 on
Auk sp: 9W
Late afternoon the 4 Cattle Egrets were in the field behind the horse paddocks and the 2 Whooper Swans were still by Cockles Bridge.

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