22/04/2021

The 2nd cy Iceland Gull reappeared this morning after being missing for a couple of days

 06.00-09.30 wit AJG, PT, CP

Shelduck: 1E

Common Scoter: 51E       16W

Red-throated diver: 8E

Black-throated Diver: 2E

Great-crested Grebe: 4 around

Fulmar:9E

Gannet: 374E

Cormorant: 37 around

Oystercatcher:10E    

Whimbrel: 10E

Bar-tailed Godwit: 422E

Sanderling: 5E

Kittiwake: 72E

Little Gull: 5E

Black-headed Gull: c250 around

Common Gull: c150 around

Great Black-backed Gull: 14 around

Iceland Gull: 1 regular bird

Herring Gull: c250 around

Lesser Black-backed Gull: 4 around

Mediterranean Gull: 4E

Sandwich Tern: 102E

Common Tern: 32E

Commic Tern: 208E

Great: Skua: 1E

Arctic Skua: 4E

Guillemot: 11E

Auk sp:56E   

Merlin: 1E female type in

Black Redstart: 1 around male

Harbour Porpoise: 6+

Common Seal: 1

While at the car park after my sea watch I was chatting to Liz and Paul when Liz sotted a Common Swift going NE my earliest ever Swift by 6 days. 

Whimbrel over Boulderwall Fields with my house in the background, reverse garden ticking.

As I had domestic stuff to do I only gave the reserve a cursory visit, but enough time to photograph the Glossy Ibis, see Yellow Wagtails, Sedge Warblers Common Whitethroat, Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwits. A quick look at Burrowes saw a few Sand Martins and Swallows but it was generally quiet. The 2+ Garganey are still at Dengemarsh per OL.

The Glossy Ibis was strutting its stuff at the entrance to the reserve late morning

A call from Jacques cut short my domestic duties, a few minutes later I was photographing this superb Pied Flycatcher.

A very smart Pied Flycatcher found at the top of the Long Pits by Jacques