A thoroughly miserable morning weather wise, but lots of birds piling out of Lade Bay, even during the heavy squally rain and gale force wind which curtailed visibility down to 200mts at times. I was joined at the fishing boats by CT, RW, NB and JB
06.30-10.00
Shelduck: 1W
Gadwall: 4W
Common Scoter: 9W
Red-breasted Merganser: 1W
Red-throated Diver: 2W 1 on
Great-crested Grebe: 5 around
Fulmar: 2W
Gannet: 1,219W
Cormorant: c150 around
Kittiwake: 841W
Black-headed Gull: 487W
Little Gull: 4W
Mediterranean Gull: 5W
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: 73W
Guillemot: 61W
Razorbill: 339W
Auk sp: 494W
Skylark: 1 out
Harbour Porpoise: 2+
Grey Seal: 1
Hooded Crow coming in off the sea . A magnifying gala might help. 😂
When the rain stopped I went back to the fishing boats. The passage had finished but there were odd bits to keep us amused. The star was the Hooded Crow spotted by Neil which seemed to make landfall at Lydd on Sea, 2 or 3 Merlins including a superb adult male and a juvenile that came in off the sea carrying prey.
2.45-15.00 with NB, JB, RW
Common scoter: 3W
Red-throated Diver: @w 1 on
Great-crested Grebe: 5W. 9 on
Gannet: 52W 8E
Curlew: 1W
Turnstone: 2 around
Kittiwake: 3W
Mediterranean Gull: 8W
Yellow-legged Gull: 1 adult around
Arctic Skua: 1W
Guillemot: 4W
Razorbill: 1W
Auk sp: 17W
Merlin: 2+ adult male + a juvenile or 2
Wood Pigeon: 1 in off the sea
Hooded Crow: 1 in off the sea between Lifeboat and Pilot.
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