A thoroughly damp dreary day with a southerly wind that promised much but delivered little!
A soggy Shorelark first thing this morning
2 Pintail and 5 Wigeon past the fishing boats in the morning gloom
07.40-09.20 from the fishing boats with CP & ROBrent Goose: 8E
Wigeon: 7W
Pintail: 3W
Common Scoter: 14E 4W
Red-breasted Merganser: 4W
Red-throated Diver: 1W
Great-crested Grebe: 9 o/s
Gannet: 89E 44W
Cormorant: c200 around
Arctic Skua: 1 o/s. Dark phase
Kittiwake: 5W 3o/s
Mediterranean Gull: 3W
Sandwich Tern: 21W
Guillemot: 3W 1 o/s
Razorbill: 137W 16 o/s
Auk sp: 21W 18E
Harbour Porpoise: 1
1 of 2 male Black Redstarts in Dengemarsh Gully
Late morning in Dengemarsh Gully 2 Black Redstarts were showing well at the very bottom, in the Gorse many Goldcrests but I only saw singles each of Chiffchaff, Firecrest and Blackcap and no rare Wheatears.
Viewing Dengemarsh from the shelter of the car 3 Cattle Egrets gave distant flight views, 2 Great White Egrets flew over the lake and 2 Marsh Harriers were patrolling the reed beds.
Early afternoon at Scotney saw all the usual feral Geese, despite careful scrutiny I was unable to find any wild Grey Geese among them.
14.00-15.00 from the fishing boats:Common Scoter: 8E 1W
Red-throated diver: 1 o/s
Gannet: 104W 18E
Cormorant: 143 from Lade Bay
Dunlin: 25W
Great Skua: 1E
Kittiwake: 7W
Little Gull: 4W
Black-headed Gull: 114W
Common Gull: 18W
Sandwich Tern; 15W
Guillemot: 2W
Razorbill: 14W
Auk sp: 5W 4E
Swallow: 1 out
The Shorelark was still present when I left at 15.00.
It's not a smudge but a leucistic Starling in this truly awful image of a tiny part of a swirling mass of a minimum of 50,000 birds at there roost this evening.
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