I joined SO and AJG who kindly collated the numbers at the sea watch hide this morning:
06.00-07.30
Common Scoter: 36E 8W
Fulmar: 3W
Gannet: 51E
Cormorant: c20 around
Kittiwake: 1E
Black-headed Gull: c220 at The Patch including first juvenile of the year.
Mediterranean Gull: 3E 2 at The Patch
Great Black Backed Gull: c30 at The Patch
Herring Gull: c100 at The Patch
Sandwich Tern: 14W 6E
Common Tern: 16E 12+ feeding offshore
Guillemot: 1W
After the sea watch we had a wander around the reserve, there was very little song to be heard today so hopefully all the warblers, finches etc are settled down to nesting. No change on Burrowes still 30+ pairs of Common Terns and the resident Herring, LesserBlack-backed and Common Gulls nesting, also 8 Sandwich Terns were flying around making plenty of noise. The wildfowl is all looking very scruffy as they go into eclipse, the only waders we saw were a handful of Lapwing and an Oystercatcher. At Dengemarsh this afternoon 2 Hobby's, 3 Ravens, Yellow Wagtails and Corn Buntings.
This afternoon at the ARC the Glossy Ibis still present on its favourite island, the usual male Marsh Harrier hunting the Coot but little else of note.
Plenty of Linnets around the reserve, a very under rated bird.
Adding to a very fragile nest at Hookers today
2 of at least 6 Great White Egrets at Boulderwall this morning
Single Pyramid Orchid hideen among the brambles under the pines at the ARC
The moth trap catch continues to be poor. 5 of these Elephant Hawkmoth were as good as got today
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