Saturday 07/12/2019

07:15-09:45 from the sea watch hide with RW, CP and AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Common Scoter: 3W
Red-throated Diver: 388W    1E
Great Northern Diver: 1W
Fulmar: 1W
Great-crested Grebe: 18E   4 o/s
Gannet: 226W
Cormorant: 1,275W into Rye bay
Grey Plover: 1W
Turnstone: 1W
Great Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 27W
Little Gull: 2W
Mediterranean Gull: 10 o/s
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Common Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Guillemot: 92W
Razorbill: 34W
Auk sp: 260W     8E
Harbour Porpoise: 1
Grey Seal: 1

 German colour ringed 2w Caspian Gull XCUC

Early afternoon from Dennis's Hide there were 3 Caspian Gulls (adult + 3W + 2W) the latter a German ringed bird, also 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (2 x adult + 2W). The 2 drake Goosander had flown off before I arrived.

The 2 Whooper Swans were still in the same field at Dengemarsh today but no Bewick Swans today.

 A very sad end for a beautiful bird

On Lydd ranges this afternoon with CP, AJG & DG a Short-eared Owl was hunting for most of the time we were present, also a Merlin, 2 Common Buzzards and a male Marsh Harrier. Just a few yards from my home Chris picked a very recently killed Barn Owl, another road casualty.