Sunday 05/07/2020

07.30-08.00 from the fishing boats courtesy of AJG, RW & CP
Common Scoter: 5E
Fulmar: 5W
Manx Shearwater: 7W
Gannet: 31W
Cormorant: present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 2 around
Common Tern: 8W
Guillemot: 1W
Swift: 3S
The paucity of Terns and Cormorants off shore presumably means that there is still not much in the way of small fish in the bay.

1 of 2 juvenile Wheatears by the fishing boats today

11.50-12.50 from the fishing boats:
Common Scoter: 12E
Manx Shearwater: 2W
Gannet: 11W  3E
Cormorant: 3 o/s
Kittiwake: 2W
Common Tern: 5W
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 2
In my 2 visits to the ARC today I did not see the Black-winged Stilt, but I was assured that it was still present, I'm guessing it was roosting among the Purple Loosestrife. 2 Dunlin were present and 4 juvenile Black-headed Gulls, also again high numbers of Swifts with a few Sand and House Martins. Once again the wind made it impossible to try and count the Common Tern nests and chicks.

One of the many Swifts foraging over the lakes

This afternoon a long walk around Lydd, through the cricket pitch out to Brett's batching plant and back past the lakes was pleasant enough with Sally for company, bird wise we saw little with once again the wind howling all around us.

This Scarce Bordered Straw was the highlight in a meagre catch in the moth trap this morning.