Two Little Gull and 37 Grey Plover in the field west of the Mill and 2 Red-throated Diver on the sea from the car park the only highlights this morning.

Mid morning start with a good SSW blow found plenty of movement offshore from the car park.

Great-northern Diver - 4w

Red-throated Diver - 7w

Diver sp 3w

Gannet - 75w

Med Gull c150

Pintail - 23w

Wigeon - 75w

Razorbill - 4w

Guillemot - 7w

Auk sp - c150w

Red-breasted Merganser - 7w

Brent Geese - 2 cudlow 

Turnstone - c200

Sanderling - c100

Grey Plover - 7

Oystercatcher - 30

Elmer Rocks (0930-1200hrs): A sea-watch was the only option in the prevailing conditions; fortunately, there was a good bit moving (mainly W) to maintain the interest. Log below….(OM)

Red-throated Diver – 9W

Great Northern Diver – 2W

Bonxie - 1W

Gannet – 295W

Common Scoter – 1W

Red-breasted Merganser – c.25 o/s

Pintail – 23W (flocks 14 & 9)

Grey Plover – 4

Sanderling – 40W

Kittiwake – 6W

Med Gull – 12 o/s

Razorbill – 20+ W

Guillemot – 2W

auk sp – 135W

09:00 sea watching from the car park upto Poole Place, covering Cudlow Field.

Red-throated Diver - 7w

Diver sp - 3w

Auk sp - c130+ west

Razorbill - 3 os

Shoveler - 30w

Brent Geese 29e 45w

Great-crested Grebe - 9 

Red-breasted Merganser - 39 os

Gannet - 17w

Med Gull - c150

Oystercatcher - 37

Sanderling - 100+

Turnstone - c125

Jack Snipe - 1

Snipe - 1

Yellowhammer - 9

Skylark - 9

Meadow Pipit - 1

Pied Wagtail - 7

Linnet - 25

Report from DB & MB today.

Jack Snipe - 7 setsaside

Little Gull - 2 Campsite

Raven - 1 Campsite

At least four Jack Snipe and 9 Common Snipe in the area this morning. 2 Little Gull still in the field west of the Mill and 4 Stonechat in the seaside, 33 Brent Geese and 27 Ringed Plover.

 Merry Xmas everyone.

Two Little Gull in the field west of the Mill cottage and a Egyptian Goose flying west were the only birds of note on this slow morning.

Little Gull - 2

Egyptian Goose - 1w

Common Scoter - 1 os

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Red-breasted Merganser - 7

Brent Geese - c150 mainly west

Grey Plover - 15

Oystercatcher - 11

Sanderling - 25

Turnstone - 60

Snipe - 1

Med Gull - c100

Gannet - nc

Linnet - 30

Skylark - 40

Pied Wagtail - 27

Stonechat - 2

Buzzard - 2

Firecrest - 2 Elmer (OM)

Little Gull

Egyptian Goose

An adult Little Gull flying around the field west of the Mill Cottage again this morning,  a Firecrest  at the bottom of Longwood, 33 Brent Geese in the field north of longwood, 2 Grey Partridge, 4 Stonechat, 35 Linnet, 40 Pied Wagtail and 30 Skylark in the fields.

Grey overcast start to the morning with a westerly breeze, with bright sunshine later. 

Great-northern Diver - 1 west close inshore

Little Gull - 1 

Sanderling - c175w

Oystercatcher - 17

Brent Geese 35w 4e

Gannet - 4w

Med Gull - 75

Red-breated Merganser - 2e

Great-crested Grebe - 1 os

Razorbill - 1w

Auk sp - 1e

Stonechat - 6

Meadow Pipit - 7

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Skylark - 35

Pied Wagtail - 17

Linnet - 40

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Little Gull field west of Mill cottage

Stonechat Setaside

Jack Snipe in the setaside on the 08/12/23 DB

A Snow Bunting found by OM in Cudlow field north of Climping Beach this morning, also c800 Brent Geese near the Mill, a Jack Snipe in the setaside, 60 Skylark and 25 Meadow Pipit in the area BF & DM.

A pleasant morning with just a light breeze and a calm sea, although the tide was falling and most of the birds offshore were well out. A flock of 6 Diver sp went W, followed by 7 more which were surely Red-throated, whilst c.20 each of Great Crested Grebe and Red-breasted Merganser were also distant. Waders were few with just half a dozen Grey Plover and just small numbers of Turnstone and Sanderling.  Fifty Brent Geese went E to join the distant feeding flock at Climping whilst a few more were to and fro over the sea. A look around the flooded set-aside produced nothing noteworthy.

I decided to check out Cudlow’s field, where there were another 7 Brent Geese, up to 50 Common Gulls and 30 Ringed Plovers, plus several Pied Wagtails and several Skylarks near the large puddles that have formed on the south side behind the beach. As I scanned, I noticed something more interesting feeding along the edge – and blow me, it was a Snow Bunting! (OM)

Snow Bunting Climping Beach (OM)

 A quiet mild grey morning with light rain and wind from the south, didn't produce any unexpected highlights, but good numbers of Brent Geese north of long wood, best viewed from Ferry Road, a mobile Starling flock around the yacht club, and Ringed Plover in the field west of the Mill Cottage.

Brent Geese - c300+

Sanderling - 35

Ringed Plover - 64

Oystercatcher - 5

Dunlin - 2

Grey Plover - 1

Snipe - 1

Starling - c150

Song Thrush - 6

Fieldfare - 1

Stonechat - 5

Goldcrest - 1

Linnet - 40

Skylark - 37

Meadow Pipit - 1

Reed Bunting - 1

Kestrel -1

Buzzard - 2

Med Gull - 25

Brent Geese

Climping – Atherington: Visibility offshore was very poor with a flock of 7E Shoveler close in being the best and a few Med Gulls and Common Gulls around. The most productive spot was the first area of set-aside, where a close Jack Snipe flushed, whilst passerines included 2 Stonechats, a Reed Bunting, 20 Skylark and c.50 Linnets. Two Buzzards, 2 Green Woodpeckers and a Little Egret were the best of the rest. (OM)