Quite this morning at Climping Beach with the highlight being a Slavonian Grebe moving west off Poole Place, several Med Gulls on the move east and at least two Chiffchaff around Atherington.

Red-throated Diver - 4E 5os 

Diver sp 3E

Shoveler - 2W (PD)

Shelduck - 1 N

Common Scoter - 3 os

Med Gull - 33E 7W

Red-breasted Merganser - c.45 os

Great-crested Grebe - 8 os

Brent Geese - 1E, 1 in field

Cormorant - 9E

Oystercatcher - 7 on beach

Turnstone - 13W

Chiffchaff - 2

Pied Wagtail - 2

Jay - 1

Green Woodpecker - 1

Elmer Rocks records for 26th Feb 2021 (OM)

There was nothing really moving, but the flat calm sea enabled good viewing conditions for picking out what was offshore. A Slavonian Grebe was the highlight – albeit a fair way out – but also present were 55 Red-breasted Mergansers, with birds displaying amongst several of the flocks, plus a couple of Great Crested Grebes. Three Mute Swans were also on the sea, before flying west, then east, then settling offshore again, whilst Pintail featured again, with a flock of 4 east. Nine Oystercatchers were on the beach and 24 Turnstones and a single Ringed Plover were roosting on the rocks and finally a Chiffchaff was in the tamarisk hedge adjoining the beach.