Moulting adult Red-throated Diver at the fishing boats this morning

This Grey Wagtail came in off the sea and immediately started feeding on the many small flies around

Todays weather meant sea watching was likely to be the most productive. The results of 2 sea watches below and thanks to AJG, SP, JD, LH, PH, DW

07.00-10.45 & 14.00-16.00

Dark-bellied Brent Goose: 1253W     30E

Wigeon: 5W

Teal: 1W

Pochard: 1W drake

Velvet Scoter: 2E

Common Scoter: 27W  9E

Red-throated Diver: 5W     1E     2 o/s

Little Egret: 1E

Gannet: 52W    37 o/s

Cormorant: present n/c

Merlin: 1 hunting o/s

Dunlin: 3E

Grey Phalarope: 1W  (later seen to fly back into Lade Bay) 

Kittiwake:11W

Black-headed Gull: present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 3W      2E

Common Gull: present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Lesser Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Sandwich Tern: 30 o/s

Common Tern: 3 O/s

Great Skua: 3W    3E

Arctic Skua: 3W   3o/s

Guillemot: 4W     2E

Razorbill: 84W

Auk sp: 157W   19E

Starling: 2 in

Grey Wagtail: 1 in

Pied Wagtail: 6 in

Meadow Pipit: 4 in

Wheatear: 1 on beach

Grey Seal: 2+

Harbour Porpoise: 6+

At Boulderwall 4 Cattle Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets and the 2 Glossy Ibis, along with Marsh harriers and the usual wildfowl. A check of Burrowes, the ARC, the airport fields, Scotney sward and Dengemarsh found no Golden Plovers, I guess they are all out on Walland and the American Golden Plover with them.

Reports from the bushes found them to be very quiet with just a few Chiffchaffs. I have hopes for tomorrow, but then I have hopes for tomorrow every day. 

A distant Bonxie

Super agility

Hunting in pairs

Tables turned