Saturday, 1 November 2025

01/11/2025

 A somewhat wet and windy sea watch this morning, though it did brighten up. My camera paid the price for me not noticing the rain running down the side of the boat on to the camera, it still works but the lens is very foggy.🤦 full details of todays sea watch can be seen at this link Sea watch Totals 
Gannets were slow starting, then between 09.00-10.30 they picked up with 600+ moving West
Pallas's Warbler
I had just arrived home from the mornings sea watch when Owen called me to say he'd had brief views of a Yellow Brow type Warbler in the scrub a couple of hundred yards down the road from Springfield Bridge, Dengemarsh, less than 5 minutes later I arrived and joined Owen just as the bird showed itself to us as a superb Pallas's Warbler. Thankfully even with a fogged up lens I was able to get some images of it. While I was there I also saw Firecrest, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff and Dartford Warbler, Many thanks to Owen for the call.
Pallas's Warbler
Elsewhere on the peninsula the Slavonian Grebe was still on Burrowes, at least a dozen Swallows were seen, also several each of Great White and Cattle Egrets. Late afternoon the Starlings put on another great murmuration at the ARC.