The early mornings finally caught up with me today as I slept through the alarm and didn't wake up till gone 07.00. By then I'd already missed a call from Jacques about a Nightingale he'd trapped.
When I finally arrived at the observatory I did a couple of net rounds with Jacques but only a single Common Whitethroat was caught and processed, 2 Wheatears were around The moat.
I next went to The Patch without any real hope of finding anything interesting, which was was just as well as the highlight was 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Back at the car park the resident male Peregrine was upsetting the Herring Gulls and a female Black Redstart was collecting food.
Cattle Egret over the hay field taken last weekend
A walk around the Hay fields with the wind picking up all the time, 3+ Hobby's, a Corn Bunting and a few Swifts of note were seen, Reed, Sedge and Cetti's Warblers were all heard but no sign of any of the Cattle Egrets or Wood Sandpiper.
Corn Bunting at Dengemarsh flood
Avocet at The Midrips
Another disappointing walk along The Midrips saw 10 Avocets, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, * Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 18 Shelduck, 2 Wheatears and a Marsh Harrier.
Gannet west past the fishing boats this afternoon
14.00-16.15 from the fishing boats with AJG and JTMBrent Goose: 4E
Common Scoter: 21E 23W
Great-crested Grebe: 6 around
Fulmar: 1E . 1W
Gannet: 47W
Arctic Skua: 3E
Kittiwake: 18W
Mediterranean Gull: 3W all 1st summer birds
Sandwich Tern: 89W
Common Tern: 49W
Guillemot: 3E
Auk sp: 13E
Swift: 3 in
Swallow: 4 in
Harbour Porpoise: 3+
A brief look from Dennis's Hide late afternoon saw a Greenshank, 2 Dunlin and c100 Common terns of note.
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