At Burrowes first thing this morning 2 Water Rail running around the Dipping Pool 2 more at Christmas Dell, a Black-necked Grebe and Great White Egret from Makepiece and 1,000s of Hirundines over the whole reserve from ground level to stratospheric.
Over the road at the ARC in 2 visits another Black-necked Grebe, a Curlew Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, a Greenshank, 4 Ruff, 531 Lapwing, 229 Golden Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 7 Bar-tailed Godwits, a flock of c30 Knot over, 5 Garganey, 2 Black Terns, a Little Gull, 7 Water Rail and all the usual wildfowl.
House martins at the Water Tower
Chiffchaff at the The Pines 1 of many around today, also 2 Spotted Flycatchers there.
The sea boiling with Whitebait being chased by Mackerel at the fishing boats this afternoon
13.15-15.30 from the fishing boats:Common Scoter: 56W
Gannet: c30 around
Turnstone: 3 around
Knot: 35E
Dunlin: 14E
Arctic Skua: 6+ around
Kittiwake: 4 around
Mediterranean Gull: c20 around all 1st cal year birds
Little Tern: 1 around
Sandwich Tern: c200 around
Common Tern: c30 around
Razorbill: 1W
Harbour Porpoise: 6+
1 of the marauding Arctic Skuas at the fishing boats this afternoon
Turnstones at the fishing boats
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