06:00-08:00  from the sea watch hide per AJG.

Mallard: 1W

Great-crested Grebe: 1W

Manx Shearwater: 3E

Gannet: 188W

Cormorant: present: n/c

Pomarine Skua: 1E @06:55(Interestingly a Pomarine Skua flew South past Cap Gris Nez 3hrs later)

Arctic Skua: 1E  3W

Kittiwake: 4W

Mediterranean Gull: 8W all 1st cal year

Yellow legged Gull: 1W 1st cal year

Sandwich Tern: 486W

Common Tern: 11W

 Stonechat

Around the station West Beach, Lloyds and the lighthouse several each of Stonechats, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Common Whitethroat, a Blackcap, 2 Black Redstarts, a Whinchat, 2 Wheatears and a large flock of a 100+ Linnets. An Osprey went high out to sea around 07.00 which I almost everyone else missed.

 Chiffchaff

 Willow Warbler

 The trapping area area was similar to The Point with the addition of 3+ Spotted Flycatchers and more of each species.

Lesser Whitethroat

13.30-15.15 from the fishing boats with AJG, JTM, RW & OL.

Common Scoter: 2E

Gannet: 5E   20W

Cormorant: 5 around

Turnstone: 17 around

Knot: 4W

Arctic Skua: 2 around

Kittiwake: 4W

Sandwich Tern: 223W

Common Tern: 26W

Black Tern: 1E

Grey Seal: 1

Harbour porpoise: 6+

Poor image of a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper from Hanson this evening

This evening on the ARC of note were a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Ruff, a Greenshank, 6 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, 148 Golden Plovers, 3 Black Terns, 6+ Garganey, 2 Great White Egrets, Water Rail and the usual wildfowl. As the sun dipped below the horizon a mixed flock of c200 Swallows, House and Sand Martin appeared over the lake, they hawked over the lake for a few minutes then spiralled high up into the dusk sky and disappeared.