Glorious sunny conditions with a gentle breeze from the east, found hundreds of Brent on the move, a Shag offshore from poole place and 2 Red Kite drifting east over the setaside.

Brent Geese - c600 Brent Geese east

Common Scoter - 75e

Shelduck - 2e

Med Gull - 4e 2os

Sandwich Tern - 11e

Shag - 1os

Great-crested Grebe - 15 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 9os 1w

Mute Swan - 2w

Sanderling - 20w

Curlew - 1e

Oystercatcher - 22w

Turnstone - 15

Grey Plover - 1

Red Kite - 2e

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Chiffchaff - 9

Reed Bunting - 13

Skylark - 20

Meadow Pipit - 15

Pied Wagtail - 8

Linnet - 10

Song Thrush - 3

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 1

Stock Dove - 3

Red Kite

Brent Geese 

Chiffchaff bread lane

My first Wheatear this morning moving east along west beach, and 1-2 Firecrest around atherington cottages being the highlights.

Chiffchaff - 4

Yellowhammer - 6

Meadow Pipit - 25

Linnet - 30

Reed Bunting - 5

Skylark - 23

Song Thrush - 3

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 2

Brent Geese - 35e

Red-breasted Merganser - 7 os

Great-crested Grebe - 4 os

Ringed Plover - 8

 

Firecrest

Meadow Pipit West Beach

Chiffchaff

A Little-ringed Plover on flooded fields off bread lane this morning. (CN) 

Black Redstart just west of Poole Place on elmer rocks, also 2 Sandwich Tern east. (OM) 

An early afternoon visit in the sunshine produced just a few bits and bobs, with 1-2 Jack Snipe, 18 Common Snipe, out of the first right field off Ferry Road, 3-4 Chiffchaff, in the area singles of  Rock Pipit, and Stonechat, as well as good numbers of Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, Linnet  and Skylark. Very little movement offshore with just a few Med and several Common & Herring Gull along the tideline.

 A quick mooch around Ferry Rd up to 10:40 this morning with a Single Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe, 4 Linnets, 12 Yellowhammer and a Little Egret. (TC)