Cold grey early morning, with bright sunshine later although the birding didn't really improve. Very quiet offshore, and little movement over head.

Jack Snipe - 1 setaside

Golden Plover - 1

Lapwing - 1

Grey Plover - 15

Oystercatcher - 43

Sanderling - 15

Mute Swan - 7e

Little Egret - 7

Shelduck - 1 os

Great-crested Grebe - 4

Brent Geese - 6w 2e

Med Gull - 12

Buzzard - 4

Jay - 2

Redwing - 2

Skylark - c75

Meadow Pipits - 13

Reed Bunting - 5

Goldcrest - 2

Chiffchaff - 3

Stonechat - 2

Pied Wagtail - 22

Chiffchaff Kents

Golden Plover Cudlow Field

 A Velvet Scoter west from Poole Place this morning and 25 Red-breasted Merganser offshore. (OM)

A Velvet Scoter west at 08:30 from Climping beach was the highlight, with one or two Firecrest still at the entrance to Kents and a Rock Pipit at Poole Place.

Velvet Scoter - 1w

Red-breasted Merganser - 17os 8w 1e

Great-crested Grebe - 7os

Brent Goose - 1e 1w

Auk sp -3e

Gannet - 5w

Med Gull - 25 beach

Sanderling - 40w

Oystercatcher - 35w

Turnstone - nc

Curlew - 1

Little Egret - 15

Redwing - 1

Song Thrush - 10

Rock Pipit - 1 Poole Place

Meadow Pipit - c45

Skylark - 20

Goldfinch - 30

Stonechat - 2

Firecrest - 1 

Goldcrest - 5

Chiffchaff - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Buzzard - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2 or 3

Great-crested Grebe

Common Gull

 Climping Gap:  Friday 15th

I made a visit to the West Beach (Local Nature reserve) by the cafe and the river mouth, and spent a very pleasant hour there (1120-1220hrs according to my car park ticket). My target was a Dartford Warbler that has been present for some days and fortunately I didn't have to wait too long for it to appear, and also present there were two Stonechats. I then spent half an hour sea-watching and was surprised to find two late Sandwich Terns going east, followed by four Red-breasted Mergansers, then two Brent Geese and a single Common Scoter went west. (OM)

Very grey early morning from Kents upto the river mouth and back, with the highlight being a Dartford Warbler again behind the cafe at the river mouth. A Grey Partridge flushed from the setaside was a surprise, as they are just about hanging on in the area.

Dartford Warbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 7

Stonechat - 3 

Reed Bunting - 10

Meadow Pipit - c60

Skylark - c30

Goldfinch - c75

Linnet - 25

Pied Wagtail - 20

Green Woodpecker - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Grey Partridge - 1

Little Egret - 16

Grey Heron - 1

Mute Swan - 3

Red-throated Diver - 1w

Red breasted Merganser - 9 os 1e

Brent Geese - 9e 1w

Great-crested Grebe - 1e 1 os

Grey Plover - 13

Dunlin - 2

Oystercatcher - 5

Dartford Warbler

Started at Climping carpark and ventured upto Poole Place, very quiet in glorious sunshine but with a cold NNE breeze.

Red-throated Diver - 2 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 5e 2 os

Wigeon - 2 os

Teal - 3 os

Brent Geese 16w

Redshank - 1e

Oystercatcher - 18

Sanderling - 8w

Turnstone - 25

Little Egret - 9

Gannet - 4e 1w

Med Gull - 31 os

Buzzard - 4

Kestrel - 1

Rock Pipit - 1

Meadow Pipit - 7

Skylark - c50

Pied Wagtail - 17

Siskin - 3

Chiffchaff - 5

Rock Pipit 

Kestrel 

Wigeon