A fine bright sunny morning found 2 Grey Partridge on the golf course, a Spotted Flycatcher in 1st wood, and a calling Little-ringed Plover over west beach and 2 Wheatear climping beach(RG).  Also 36 Sanderling,(AH) and 2 Yellowhammer in the area.

Ringed Plover (AH)

Grey Partridge (RG)

Elmer Rocks - Poole Place (OM) 

A little more happening today, including a Bonxie offshore which showed fairly well for a while before drifting W. A Whimbrel dropped in briefly on the rocks before also heading W and a single Sanderling did likewise after first dropping onto the beach. Also logged were a couple of Gannets offshore and a Fulmar, 9 Common Scoters and 6 Sandwich Terns all W. The pair of Ringed Plovers was also present, with the female still sitting.

 Very quiet around the patch this morning with only singles of Corn Bunting and Whinchat being of note around the setaside. MB

Sea watch from Climping car park upto Poole Place, with a ESE wind, rain and variable amount of sea mist.

Great Skua - 1E

Artic Skua - 1E

Great-northern Diver - 1W

Diver sp - 1W

Fulmar - 2W

Kittiwake - 3W

Sandwich Tern - 42E 7W

Common Tern - 1E

Gannet 47E 9W

Whimbrel - 4E

Bar-tailed Godwit - 17E

Grey Plover - 2E

Dunlin - 10E

Ringed Plover - 1

Oystercatcher - 1E

Common Scoter - 25E

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Swalloiw - 21

Swift - 1

A nice bright sunny morning, although with very little of note.

Bullfinch - 1

Blackcap - 17

Whitethroat - 24

Chiffchaff - 2

Reed Warbler - 10

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Reed Bunting - 5

Yellowhammer - 2

Swallow - 8

Sand Martin - 2

Song Thrush - 3

Jay - 1

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Med Gull - 2

Sandwich Tern - 3E

Gannet - 2W

Great-crested Grebe - 3 os

Shelduck - 5E

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Oystercatcher - 2

Ringed Plover - 4

Green Woodpecker - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Mute Swan - 2

Buzzard 

Yellowhammer Rife

Reed Warbler

Sandwich Tern

A Spotted Flycatcher Climping Car Park on the 10th May and a Cuckoo heard from Long Wood on this date.

6  Skua's flew east at Climping Beach at 17:03  wrongly assumed all Poms, seen further along the coast and identified as 4 Poms 2 Artic Skua.

Very slow offshore this morning with small numbers of Gannet and Sandwich Tern moving, 1 Bonxie on the sea, eventually moved west. 10 Whimbrel and 2 Dunlin east, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit on the beach, 23 Swallow east and a Red Kite north over Poole Place.

Very quite in the area this morning with the only birds of note being 2 Grey Partridge north of the golf course. 

Grey Partridge - 2

Wheatear - 4

Reed Warbler - 11

Sedge Warbler - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 3

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 17

Blackcap - 15

Willow Warbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 4

Reed Bunting - 2

Yellowhammer - 1

Swallow - 5

Whimbrel - 1E 1W

Dunlin - 1

Oystercatcher - 3E

Sandwich Tern - 30

Med Gull - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 12

Mistle Thrush - 1

Song Thrush - 4

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 4 

 

Good coverage around the patch today with a Red-necked Grebe off Poole Place (OM) and a Great Egret seen flying north over Long Wood (DB). 

Red-necked Grebe - 1 

Great Egret - 1

Great-northern Diver - 3 os 

Diver sp - 2E

Artic Skua - 1E

Great Skua - 2 os

Brent Geese - 8E

Great-crested Grebe - 29 os

Bar-tailed Godwit - 75E 3W

Whimbrel - 6E 7W

Oystercatcher - 4W 3E

Sanderling - 11

Ringed Plover - 3

Swallow - 6

Red-necked Grebe off Poole Place

Great-crested Grebe Climping Beach

Pretty quiet offshore, with the highlight being a group of six Great-northern Diver off Poole Place mid morning and a pale phase Artic Skua west.

Great-northern Diver - 7 os

Artic Skua - 1W pale phase

Great Skua - 1E

Brent Goose - 1E

Common Scoter - 27E

Gannet - nc

Sandwich Tern - c50 offshore

Commic Tern 15 offshore

Common Tern - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 15 os

Oystercatcher - 10W

Sanderling - 9W

Swallow - 9

Little Egret - 3

Grey Heron - 2

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Reed Warbler - 2

Sedge Warbler - 1

Wheatear - 1

Whitethroat - 15

Blackcap - 12

Chiffchaff - 3

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 2