I spent most of the morning along the beach in a chilly southwest wind hopeful of some quality passage, not to be, with just a few bits and bobs added.

Great-northern Diver - 1E

Red-throated Diver 1E

Brent Geese 34E

Gannet - 45W 1E

Common Scoter 5E

Sandwich Tern - 32W 

Commic Tern - 1E

Med Gull - 8W

Whimbrel - 2W

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1E

Oystercatcher - 4W

Wheatear - 1

Swallow - 1

Reed Warbler - 2

With the wind from the SSE the hopeful sea watch didn't materialise. However, we did log over a hundred Scoter moving east although distant. The first Artic Skua of the spring picked up from OM at Poole Place was a nice, but still very disappointing being the second week of April.  With Sandwich Tern 35, 40 Med Gull and 11 Gannet all west, very little else occurred.  My first Whimbrel of the spring was a heard only record, 2 Great-crested Grebe offshore and singles of Swallow and Wheatear, brought an end to the proceedings.

A cold bright sunny morning found me wandering around the golf catching up with a few year ticks.

 

Reed Warbler - 1

Sedge Warbler - 3

Wheatear - 4

Cetti's Warbler - 6

Willow Warbler - 4

Chiffchaff - 11

Whitethroat - 12

Blackcap - 18

Reed Bunting - 4

Swallow - 4

Linnet - c80

Song Thrush - 6

Jay - 2 

Green Woodpecker - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 5

Little Egret - 5

Sandwich Tern - 3E

Gannet - 1E

Med Gull - 9

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Sedge Warbler Golf course

 

Wheatear Cudlow Field

Reed Bunting Golf Course

Blackcap Bailiffscourt