2 Sea watches today, the morning one (07.00-10.30) in drizzle and strong SW winds, the afternoon watch (14.00-15.00) in bright sunshine and strong SW winds and much cooler.
From the fishing boats with AJG, SP & DW.
Common Scoter: 9W 3E
Red-throated Diver: 1W 1 o/s
Great Northern Diver: 1W
Gannet: 304W
Cormorant: 352W
Merlin: 2 off shore hunting finches
Turnstone: 24 on beach
Kittiwake: 5W
Black-headed Gull: Present N/C
Common Gull: Present N/C
Great Black-backed Gull:
Herring Gull: Present N/C
Lesser Black-backed Gull: Present N/C
Sandwich Tern: 15W
Arctic Skua: 1W
Guillemot: 8W
Razorbill: 14W
Auk sp: 32W
Goldfinch: 1027W
Siskin: 6W
At the ARC a Black-necked Grebe was viewable from the causeway. A wander up to the pines and dow the railway line found very little, apart from a few Water rails and Cetti's warblers calling unseen.
Unsurprisingly at Scotney in the wind very little on the sward, just a handful of Golden Plover and a Ruff of any note, the usual feral Geese but no wild Geese.
1 of the many Lapwings around the hay fields
A wander around a very wind swept the hay fields found no sign of the Eastern Yellow Wagtail or the Water pipits.
Great White Egret over the hay fields
Polish ringed Black-headed Gull TJVV now a resident around the fishing boats
Swallow over Littlestone Golf Course
A late afternoon visit to Littlestone Golf Course found a party of 9 Swallows, possibly the last I'll see this year, no sign of any of the recent goodies there including Short-eared Owls. A new Thames rung Herring Gull for me was on the beach, along with a a Sandwich tern and c40 Sanderling.
Herring Gull N2GT on Littlestone beach late this afternoon
Sandwich tern on Littlestone Beach late this afternoon
Lovely Sanderlings on Littlestone Beach late afternoon.
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