Pale-bellied Brent amongst the c700 in Cudlow field

 

Brent Geese numbers on the increase with c800+ in the cudlow field. Two Jack Snipe and a Common Snipe in the set-aside and a Dartford Warbler at the bottom of Long wood.

Combined numbers today from around the area.

Jack Snipe - 2 Elmer set-aside (OM)

Golden Plover - 12 bottom long wood

Grey Plover - c40

Dunlin - 3

Ringed Plover - 25

Oystercatcher - 11

Rock Pipit - 1

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 13

Meadow Pipit - 17

Skylark - 33

Dartford Warbler - 2 (AH)

Stonechat - 3

Reed Bunting - 1 

Brent Geese - c500

Buzzard - 3

Med Gull - 25

Red-breasted Merganser - 3w 1e

Had a quick wonder out this morning before the rain, not very comprehensive, but a casual list of anything obvious, 12 Pintails in with the Brents was good and your Ringed Plover with leg rings.(AH)

Brents c 600/700 hundred in field West of Mill and on sea
Dunlin x 1 Setaside
Golden Plover x 18 in field West of Mill
Goldfinch x 28
Great Black Backed Gull 13– roosting in field West of Mill
Grey Heron x 1
Grey Plover x 27 mainly in the field West of Atherington / car park
Kestrel x 2
Lapwing x 28 in field West of Mill
Linnet c 45
Med Gulls x 13
Pied Wagtails 8
Pintails x 12 in with the Brent flock
Redshank x 1 in the field West of Atherington / car park
Ringed Plover x 17 including ringed Welsh / Spurn seen bird
Skylark x 1
Song Thrush x 2
Turnstone x 2

Brent Geese with Pintail

Dunlin

 A distant Red-necked Grebe drifting west off Elmer Rocks  late morning seen by OM.

Yet another bright sunny cold morning with the Marsh Harrier still present from the set-aside.

Marsh Harrier - 1

Buzzard - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Dartford Warbler - 4

Stonechat - 5

Goldcrest - 11

Skylark - 65

Linnet - c100

Meadow Pipit - 5

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 17

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Bunting - 9

Greenfinch - 5

Goldfinch - 20

Mistle Thrush - 3

Song Thrush - 17

Great- spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 2

Golden Plover - 42

Lapwing - 37

Grey Plover - 15

Sanderling - 7

Ringed Plover - 11

Turnstone - 25

Little Egret - 1

Snipe - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 10

Red-breasted Merganser - 15

Red-throated Diver - 2e 3 os

Auk sp - 15w

Gadwall - 2e

Teal - 5e 8os

Med Gull - 25

Brent Geese c500

A very cold bright morning from the car park up to West Beach and back produced the following.

Brent Geese - c500

Gadwall - 2w

Lapwing - 10

Golden Plover - 13

Grey Plover - 5

Ringed Plover - 2

Redshank - 1 hrd

Med Gull - 11

Skylark - c60

Linnet - c75

Greenfinch - 20

Reed Bunting - 4

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 6

Stonechat - 1

Song Thrush - 14

Stock Dove - 30

Marsh Harrier - 1

Peregrine - 2

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Little Egret - 2

Marsh Harrier around the Set-aside

Golden Plover

Brent Geese west of the Mill

Ringed Plover multiple colour rings

Walked the dog along Climping beach eastwards this morning – in the fields were the following: (PB) 

Brent Geese - 600

Golden Plover - c100

Lapwing - c30

Green Woodpecker - 2

Med Gull - c12

Common Gull - 3

Skylark - 30

Pied Wagtail - 4

Yet another bright cold day with again nothing moving offshore. At least 4 Dartford Warbler in the area, with 2 along rife up to Ferry road, and a pair at the start of the footpath south of the camp site. 20 Lapwing in the field north of long wood and a Sandwich Tern off Climping Beach.

Stonechat - 8

Skylark - c100

Meadow Pipit - 15

Mistle Thrush - 2

Song Thrush - 13

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 9

Greenfinch - 5

Reed Bunting - 7

Linnet - 22

Goldfinch - 27

Kestrel - 1

Razorbill - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 13

Red-breasted Merganser - 11

Med Gull - 25

 

Dartford Warbler 

Stonechat 

Another cold bright sunny morning with again very little moving offshore.

Red Kite - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Dartford Warbler - 1

Stonechat - 3

Skylark - 30

Pied Wagtail - 7

Grey Wagtail - 1

Reed Bunting - 4

Greenfinch - 3

Goldfinch - 25

Linnet - 20

Goldcrest - 3

Ringed Plover - c50

Grey Plover - 12

Oystercatcher - 15

Sanderling - 27

Turnstone - 30

Great-crested Grebe - 23

Red-breasted Merganser - c30

Razorbill - 1

Auk sp - 2

Cormorant - 17

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 5

Med Gull - 5

Common Sandpiper - 1 

Sanderling Climping Beach

Common Sandpiper Marina

A very cold grey morning with very little moving offshore.

Firecrest - 2 Bailiffs

Dartford Warbler - 2 Setaside

Chiffchaff - 2 lMill & long wood

Goldcrest - 6

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 6

Skylark - 28

Stonechat - 2

Reed Bunting - 2

Raven - 2

Buzzard - 1

Jay - 3

Song Thrush - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2 

Red-throated Diver - 1e

Brent Geese - c120

Canada Geese - 6e

Great-crested Grebe - 10

Red-breasted Merganser - 12 

Med Gull - 10

Gannet - 2w

Mute Swan - 2e

Razorbill - 1

Ringed Plover - 40

Oystercatcher - 10

Sanderling - 2

Turnstone - 22

Grey Heron - 1

Elmer Rocks 

The sea was fairly calm, but initially seemed to be devoid of any birds, until I found a diver behind the rock islands. It was constantly diving and immediately appeared very black-and white, but I didn’t want to jump to conclusions, so I spent quite some while before confirming it was a Black-throated Diver. It eventually drifted slowly east towards Poole Place but much further out, until I lost it. Later a diver sp flew west…possibly the same bird?? There wasn’t much else; Gannet – 8E, Great Crested Grebe – 2o/s, Brent Goose – 10 o/s, R/b Merganser – 1W, and Common Scoter – 1E.

Two Stonechats were in the hotspot set-aside, whilst in the distance over 100 Brent Geese were flighting into the Climping arable fields. (OM)

Very quiet offshore with the only bird of note being a Goldeneye on the sea from Climping Beach.

Brent Geese - 15 fields 7w

Red-breasted Merganser - 3 offshore

Med Gull - 11

Ringed Plover - 30

Grey Plover - 7

Oystercatcher - 15 7e

Turnstone - 17

Dartford Warbler - 1

Stonechat - 3

Rock Pipit - 2

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 9

Meadow Pipit - 5

Skylark - 32

Goldfinch - 45

Reed Bunting - 3

Song Thrush - 3

Goldcrest - 2

Starling - 75

Sparrowhawk - 2

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Mute Swan - 5

Sparrowhawk 

Rock Pipit