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Lesser Crested Tern - Oman 28th Feb 2024

28 May, 2022

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)


26 May, 2022

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.

21 May, 2022

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

15 May, 2022

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

14 May, 2022

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.

08 May, 2022

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.

07 May, 2022

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 

 

02 May, 2022

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



01 May, 2022

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