A fairly calm and cloudy start, with the wind having eased and shifted from NE to NW 1-2, so feeling a little milder. Remaining generally cloudy with some sunny periods and the wind slightly increasing later.

Elmer Rocks - First bird of the day was a Black Redstart, soon followed by a newly-arrived male Blackcap and 5 Linnets, then a Little Egret in the main sluice ditch. Later, a Great Northern Diver was off the rock island closest to Poole Place; initially moderately close it soon drifted further out and a very poor phone-scoped image was the best I could do…

Sea-watch Poole Place 0830-1030hrs: (OM)

Great Northern Diver – 1 o/s
Great Crested Grebe – 1 o/s
Diver sp – 1E
Gannet – 4E, 3W
Brent Goose – 81E
Common Scoter – 10E
Red-breasted Merganser – 4E, 9 o/s
Oystercatcher – 1E
Sanderling – 10 o/b