The first autumn gathering of R/b Mergansers - 14 birds - was behind the rock islands and there were a few bits and pieces, as below (0835-11.35hrs) OM

Great Crested Grebe - 2E, 1o/s
Mute Swan - 3 adults offshore behind rocks for an hour, before eventually flying off east
Brent Geese - 209W
R/b Merganser - 14 o/s
Wigeon - 8W
Teal - 1W
Gannet - 5 o/s
Little Egret - 3
Red-throated Diver - 1W
Oystercatcher - 10
Turnstone - 45
Sanderling - 12
Ringed Plover - 58
Great Skua - 1 o/s
Med Gull - 12E
Chiffchaff - 1

Owen & myself still searching the wooded areas around the patch, although seemed very quiet with 2 Firecrest  at least 20 Goldcrest around, 2 Chiffchaff a female Blackcap in 1st wood, 10 Song Thrush and the Little Owl put in an appearance around Bailiffscourt.

Little Owl

 

 Morning spent covering the back of the golf course and longwood.

Firecrest - 2

Goldcrest - 19

Siskin - 6

Chiffchaff - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 3 or 4 hrd

Water Rail - 1 hrd

Reed Bunting - 1

Yellowhammer - 1

Linnet - 30

Skylark - c100

Meadow Pipit - 20

Pied Wagtail - 11

Stonechat - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 1

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 1

Firecrest

Stonechat

Three of us covered the Bailiffscourt area/overflow car park area to no avail for at least three hours this morning. I was notably quieter than yesterday and even the Long-tailed Tit flocks had rather little with them.  Our joint total was 1 Firecrest, about a dozen Goldcrests and 20+ Long-tailed Tits.  I checked the field behind the overflow and found 2 Fieldfares, 4 Song Thrush and 8 Blackbird feeding on berries in the hedge. Also Kestrel, 2 Jay, 2 Gt Spot and 2 Green Woods. (OM)

Fieldfare