As there was a cool NW breeze blowing this morning, also much activity with excavators at the fishing boats I gave the morning sea watch a miss and went to The Patch. Although there were many Gulls present I could not find anything unusual until I was thinking of packing up, then a 2w Iceland Gull flew in and landed on the beach in front the hide. I took a handful of images before trying to contact the locals. DW was only a few minutes away but before he could arrive all the Gulls spooked, despite us scanning intensively we were unable to relocate the bird , but we did find 3 1w Caspian Gulls. There were a few Red-throated Divers, Gannets, Auks, and Kittiwakes off shore but small numbers. On the walk back to the car we saw a party of 19 Meadow Pipits, a nice male Black Redstart, Pied Wagtails and Chaffinches.
At Cockles Bridge 3 Cattle Egrets but no sign of yesterdays Bewick Swans. There were 26 Bewick Swans and 3 Whooper Swans opposite the entrance to the model aircraft field on Walland late afternoon per CT.
41 White-fronted Geese were reported at Dengemarsh.
2w Iceland Gull at The Patch
1w Caspian Gull at The Patch
1w Caspian Gull at The Patch
1w Caspian Gull (Probably) at The Patch
Cattle Egrets at Cockles Bridge today
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