Another Day of Wheatears and Chiffchaffs!

 1 of a minimum of 10 Wheatears at Dengemarsh Gully this morning

First thing this morning I had a walk around the hay fields from Springfield Bridge to Xmas Dell.  A Bittern was booming, several Bearded Tits were flitting around the reeds by the path refusing to be photographed, probably just as well as the light was appalling, Reed Buntings appeared to be all around, 4 Common Snipe flushed from Hayfield 3 with a Redshank, but no hoped for Garganey and Scandinavian Rock Pipits. There are still plenty of Shoveller around but most winter duck seem to have gone, a couple of Marsh Harriers were around and a Raven flew over.

At Dengemarsh Gully and surrounding area a minimum of 10 Wheatears, 20+ Chiffchaffs, 3 Black Redstarts, 6 Stonechats, more Reed Buntings, a Peregrine and Raven flew over.

 A nice pose

 Showing his White arse

Lots of Chiffchaffs in and around the Gully this morning

Brent Geese past the fishing boats this afternoon

Kittiwake at the fishing boats this afternoon

Sea Watch

10.20-12.30 & 13.45-15.45  RW, JTM, SO & AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Brent Goose: 272E
Teal: 1E
Mallard: 6E
Shoveler: 9E    17W
Wigeon: 6E   2W
Common Scoter: 190E   10W
Red-breasted Merganser: 3E
Red-throated Diver: 54E   2W
Great-crested Grebe: 10E   1W.  3on

Fulmar: 1W
Gannet: 237E   142W
Oystercatcher: 1E
Grey Plover: 17E
Dunlin: 2E
Curlew: 3E
Arctic Skua: 1E
Little Gull: 1E
Mediterranean Gull: 4E   2W
Kittiwake: 21E.   8W
Sandwich Tern: 143E    36W
Guillemot: 11E
Auk sp: 9E    62W
Linnet: 7 in

A lingering probably painful death awaits this Great Black-backed Gull 

Another Wheatear from Dengemarsh