Sooty Shearwater taken into the low early morning sun
2 sea watches today with Ct and AJG who kindly kept the log:
07.40-09.40 & 13.20-15.20 from the fishing boats:
Brent Goose: 1W
Tufted Duck: 2W
Common Scoter: 1W
Red-throated Diver: 8W 2 on
Great-crested Grebe: 4W 3 on
Sooty Shearwater: 1W
Gannet: 564W
Cormorant: 182W into Rye Bay
Kittiwake: 130W
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 166W
Common Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Sandwich Tern: 26W
Great Skua: 1W
Arctic Skua: 1W
Guillemot: 79W
Razorbill: 564W
Auk sp: 546W
Swallow: 23 out to sea
Starling: 765 in
Goldfinch: 25 W
Harbour Porpoise: 2
A5UX a regular at the fishing boats
Clearing weed from the Dengemarsh sewer
A walk around the hayfields saw a couple[le of Stonechats, a Great White Egret and heard a few Bearded Tits in the reed beds, on the hay fields a single Lapwing and 10 Meadow Pipits, very disappointing.
From Scott viewpoint the regular Lapwing and Golden Plover flock could be seen on the islands from Makepiece, but without shelter the wind made it impossible to scrutinise them properly.
1st calendar year Caspian Gull on Burrowes late afternoon
From Dennis's Hide late afternoon a 1st cal year Caspian Gull was the only notable sighting.
At least 4 Cattle Egrets were present at Boulderwall but I didn't see the Glossy Ibis, though they are probably still present. The poor autumn continues.
A Beautiful Plume the only moth in the trap today, time to put the trap away for the winter
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