A 1st winter Caspian Gull reported by (MB) along the river opposite the RNLI station.

Caspian Gull

Lesser BB Gul

Also in the area:

Red-throated Diver - 23e

Diver sp -3e

Gannet - 5e

Med Gull - c50

Turnstone - c150

Sanderling - 63

Oystercatcher - 16

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Firecrest - 1 bottom longwood

Fieldfare - 20

Redwing - 7

Stonechat - 3

Green woodpecker - 2

Jay - 2

Meadow Pipit -9

Buzzard - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Kestrel 

Cormorant 

Greenfinch

 A cold cloudy morning found good numbers of Red-throated Diver offshore with single flocks of 33e and 25w. 

Velvet Scoter - 1w

Common Scoter - 3w 7 os

Wigeon - 30w

Red-throated Diver - 50e 40w 35os

Diver sp - 3w 2e

Shelduck - 1

Brent Goose - 1w

Great- crested Grebe - 9os

Red-breasted Merganser - 27 os

Purple Sandpiper - 1 east of the setaside

Grey Plover - 44

Ringed Plover - 2

Dunlin - 4

Sanderling - 45

Oystercatcher - 23

Med Gull - c120

Little Egret - 1

Fieldfare - 26

Redwing - 19

Mistle Thrush - 1

Song Thrush - 5

Stonechat - 2

Skylark - 30

Buzzard - 1

Purple Sandpiper

Med Gull

Oystercatcher

Red-throated Diver Climping Beach

A 1st winter Caspian Gull in the patch this morning (MB)

A stroll around Marsh Farm this morning found the area void of wildfowl with both ponds frozen.

Lapwing - c130

Golden Plover - 8

Redwing - 40

Fieldfare - 13

Jack Snipe - 2

Snipe - 33

Egyptian Geese - 12

Teal - 4

Little Egret - 1 

Grey Heron - 2

Chiffchaff - 2

Treecreeper - 1

Goldcrest - 5

Buzzard - 2

A late afternoon walk around the fields north of the golf course found at least one of my intended targets with a Woodcock flushed from the other side of the reedbed, also 2 Peregrine, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 40+ Song Thrush, 5 Fieldfare, 6 Reed Bunting, 1 Stonechat, 1 Lapwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark and 10 Linnet.

Very cold bright sunny morning, found good numbers of Auks moving distantly east.

Lapwing - c175 w

Brent Geese - c100e

Red-breasted Merganser - 40 offshore

Great-crested Grebe - 7

Wigeon - 2 os

Razorbill - 2 os

Red-throated Diver - 3 os

Diver sp - 2w

Gannet - 5e 3w

Med Gull - 75

Dunlin - 4

Oystercatcher - 60

Ringed Plover - 40

Grey Plover - 7

Skylark - 40
Linnet - 30

Buzzard - 3

 

Adam Huttly lead 9 SOS members around Climping on wed17/01/23  and saw a total of 39 species.

Red-Throated Divers, Gannets, Grey Plovers, Turnstones, Grey Plovers, Sanderling and a Sandwich Tern were best of sea / beach 

Stock Doves, Fieldfare, Med and Common Gulls were in the fields West of Bread Lane.

Set-aside; 2 Reed Buntings,  5 Skylarks, 2 Stonechats were present.

Ringed Plover numbers were probably c75 across both the Mill field and Cudlow field.

Big flock of c35 Lapwing were in the sky North and we found 4 on the deck in the fields West of Bread Lane.

Greenfinches, Linnets and Goldfinches all present.

2 Yellow Hammer were in the trees by the School.

Purple Sandpier seen 50 metres west of the car park and a Kittiwake in gull flock west of bread Lane. (AH) 

 Hundreds of Auks on the move this morning with mostly moving west, also good numbers of Red-throated Diver.

Great-northern Diver - 1e

Red-throated Diver - 33e 15w 7os

Gannet - 5e

Med Gull - c100

Common Scoter - 2w 5e

Wigeon - 2w

Great-crested Grebe - 5os

Red-breasted Merganser - 12 os 3e

Purple Sandpiper - 1

Knot - 1

Ringed Plover - 1

Grey Plover - 31

Dunlin - 7

Sanderling - c75

Turnstone - c200

Oystercatcher - 19

Redwing - 20

Fieldfare - 5

Mistle Thrush - 2

Song Thrush - 4

Pied Wagtail - 21

Goldcrest - 2

Buzzard - 2

Purple Sandpiper 200 metres east of the car park

Knot Climping Beach

Turnstone Climping Beach

Just a brief visit this morning with a single of both Jack and Common snipe, the 1st winter Little Gull still flying around the field west of the Mill, 3 Stonechat in the setaside and 12 Lapwing flew west over the school.

Very quiet offshore this morning with the highlight being a Slavonian Grebe moving west from the car park. (HR)

Little Gull - 1 

Med Gull - c75

Purple Sandpiper - 1

Knot - 1

Dunlin - 11

Ringed Plover - 40

Grey Plover - 10

Redshank - 1

Oystercatcher - 33

Grey Plover - 10

Sanderling - 45

Turnstone - c175

Skylark - c60

Kestrel - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Red-breasted Merganser - 5

Brent Geese - 5w

Purple Sandpiper 150 metres east of Poole Place

Dunlin overflow car park

Late afternoon visit from the car park up to Poole Place, found an Avocet flying west then on the sea moving slowly east.

Red-throated Diver - 5e

Diver sp - 4e

Wigeon - 27 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 7w 9os

Great-crested Grebe - 2 os

Gannet - 5

Med Gull - c100

Grey Plover - 15

Oystercatcher - 27

Sanderling - c100

Turnstone - c150

Grey Wagtail - 2

 Combined efforts today with a few of the locals finally catching up with the Purple Sandpiper, 

Purple Sandpiper - 1 Climping Beach

Little Gull - 2

Brent Goose 400+ E close in, most turned in North to feed, but a small flock kept going. Another 100 on sea may have been part of this lot.

R/b Merganser – c35 o/s

Great C Grebe – 4 o/s

R/T Diver – 2W

Diver sp – 1E

Med gull – 75

Turnstone – c200+

Grey Plover – 6

Oystercatcher - 33

Ringed Plover - 11

Sanderling - c150

Stonechat – 3

Reed Bunting - 1

Fieldfare - 2

Goldcrest - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Yesterday saw this YLG along the river mouth, had my reservations thoughts welcome.

Three Little Gull in the area today with 2 west of the Mill and a single in Cudlow field late afternoon. 2 Jack Snipe, 4 Stonechat, the best of the rest this morning and 4 Pintail west late afternoon.  A Purple Sandpiper on west beach reported by (CU) with Turnstone 200yds west of the River late afternoon.

Jack Snipe 

Little Gull Mill

Cudlow Field