A fine bright morning until midday when the wind picked up and dark clouds started moving in from the west, found two scare birds possibly breeding in the patch with 2 Little-ringed Plover along the beach and a Dartford Warbler seen carrying nesting material.

Whimbrel - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1

Med Gull - 2

Common Scoter - 5E

Grey Heron - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 3 heard

Reed Warbler - 7

Sedge Warbler - 1

Swift - 5

Swallow - 15

Buzzard - 5

Kestrel - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 1

Stock Dove - 5

 

Darford Warbler 

LRP

 A potentially breeding Dartford Warbler was a nice surprise this morning, so I will not release the location. Several Whitethroat, Linnet, Meadow Pipits and Goldfinch, a Redshank along the river, 2 Sandwich Tern offshore and 8 Swift.

Yet another fruitless seawatch with 5 Little Tern east close inshore the highlight.

Sandwich Tern - 25E 13W

Gannet - 40W 7E

Bar-tailed Godwit - 22E 

Whimbrel - 2E

Grey Plover - 1 

Oystercatcher - 6E 2W

Shelduck - 1E

Great-crested Grebe - 3-5

Diver sp - 1E

Swallow - 1

Dolphin - 4

Grey Seal - 1

Grey Plover Climping Beach

Sandwich Tern Climping Beach