Monday 30/09/2019

A much quieter sea watch today, with just a few sea birds  but loads of Passerines.
07.15-08.30 with AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Common Scoter: 24W
Red-throated Diver: 1W
Great-crested Grebe: 3 around
Gannet: 62W
Sparrowhawk: 1 around
Arctic Skua: 6W
Sandwich Tern: 38W
Auk sp: 14W
Swallow: 1140 South
Sand Martin: 73 South
House Martin: 362 South
Meadow Pipit:  285 North

 Spotted Flycatcher

A few hours spent around the trapping area saw many Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Meadow Pipits, Swallows, House Martins and a few each of Sand Martin and Skylark, along with a Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, a Lesser and Common Whitethroat, 3 Wheatears, 17 Stonechats and 3 Black Redstarts.

 Chiffchaff

 Wheatear

 Merlin

Early afternoon at Dengemarsh Gully many Chiffchaffs in the Gully, a superb posing Merlin no doubt attracted by the many Meadow pipits and Linnets.

 Siberian Common Tern

Late afternoon at the New Diggings, I joined DW where we spent some time trying to get some decent images of the Siberian Common Tern, not an easy task in the appalling light conditions.

                                                               Siberian Common Tern

                                                         Siberian Common Tern  

 Siberian Common Tern

                                                       Siberian Common Tern