19/09/2020

06.15-09.00 withAJG, SM & RW

Brent Goose: 4E

Teal: 1W

Wigeon: 4E

Shoveler: 1E

Common Scoter: 13E 

Great-crested Grebe: 1E  1 o/s

Sooty Shearwater: 1E

Gannet: 17W    22E

Cormorant: 6W      14E

Peregrine:  1E juvenile

Golden Plover: 2E

Dunlin: 17E

Knot: 2E

Arctic Skua: 4E

Mediterranean Gull: 1W  1E

G.B.B.G: 27E

Sandwich Tern:  204E    47W

Auk sp: 1E.   1W 

Swallow:131 out

Meadow pipit: 27 out

Siskin: 11N

Goldfinch: 3N

Linnet: 2N     40 around

Grey Seal: 1 Bull

Lydd Fields were virtually bird-less in the strong NE wind, just a couple of Reed Buntings and the usual Corvids, Pigeons and Gulls.

I couldn't find any Cattle Egrets in a quick scan of Dengemarsh from Springfield Bridge, 3 Great White Egrets were some compensation.

Glossy Ibis at the ARC this afternoon

 13.50-15.45 from the fishing boats with AJG & RW:

Pintail: 2E

Great-crested Grebe: 2 o/s

Gannet: 31E

Cormorant: 5E

Knot: 4E

Bar-tailed Godwit: 1E

Curlew: 1E

Great Skua: 2E 

Arctic Skua: 2E

Med Gull: 3E all 1st cal year 

Sandwich Tern: 605E into Lade Bay

Common Tern: 3E

Guillemot: 1E

Auk sp: 1W    1E

Swallow: 31 out

Late afternoon at the ARC the Glossy Ibis was still present, but only saw a single Black-necked Grebe, apart from 3 Dunlin and 2 Common Snipe waders were non existent there, a very poor show for mid September, the usual wildfowl were present but I could find no Garganey, though they were probably sheltering in the reeds at Hanson.