Sunday 08/12/2019

07:20-09:50 from the sea watch hide with RW, SO and AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Brent Goose: 2W
Velvet Scoter: 9W   10E
Common Scoter: 3W
Red-throated Diver: 396W    2E
Fulmar: 5W
Great-crested Grebe: 47W
Gannet: 420W
Cormorant: Present n/c
Great Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 27W
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: 10W
Auk sp: 14W

 Caspian Gull

2 visits to a very wind swept Burrowes saw a minimum of 6 Caspian Gulls including a 1 legged 1w bird, also several Yellow-legged Gulls. I eventually caught up with the Glossy Ibis this afternoon found by Graham Parry late morning, which was presumably the bird seen flying along Walmer seafront earlier this morning.

The 2 Whooper Swans were still at Dengemarsh, but the 4 Bewick Swans have relocated to Walland Marsh. The Slavonian Grebe is still at Scotney on the 1st pit west of the entrance to Brett's batching plant.