Almost identical weather to yesterday; sunny and dry with a cloudless blue sky and becoming very warm, with a light to moderate north-easterly breeze.

Climping Gap: Noticeably quiet for migrant passerines along the hedgerows, apart from the regular Whitethroats, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps apparently settling into breeding territories.

A sea-watch seemed the best bet and it was certainly more productive, the highlights being 2 Great White Egrets heading east, 2 eastbound drake Eiders which dropped onto the sea, an Arctic Skua and at least 2 Bonxies harassing gulls offshore. My log :-

Red-throated Diver – 1E

Fulmar – 1E, 1W

Gannet – c.30

Great White Egret – 2E (0822hrs)

Brent Goose – 30E

Shelduck – 3E

Eider – 2E settled o/s

Red-breasted Merganser – 1E

Whimbrel – 6E

Sandwich Tern – 25E

Mediterranean Gull – 45E

Arctic Skua – 1E (light morph)

Great Skua – 2+ offshore

Swallow – 5N

Eider offshore Climping Beach