A cold east north east breeze this morning found plenty of Scooter moving east, as well as several Sandwich Tern and the highlight being 2 Little Gull east.

 Little Gull - 2e

Sandwich Tern - 13e 2w

Common Scoter - 274e

Great-crested Grebe - 6 os

Shelduck - 4

Brent Geese - 10e

Gannet - 5e

Med Gull - 6e

Little Egret - 3

Grey Heron - 3

Mute Swan - 2

Ringed Plover - 6

Turnstone - 40w

Dunlin - 1

Oystercatcher - 11w

Willow Warbler - 2

Chiffchaff - 9

Blackcap - 4

Red Kite - 1

Buzzard - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Jay - 3

Stock Dove - 7

Willow Warbler Mill

Blackcap Poole Place

Red Kite camp site

Dunlin climping beach

Bright sunny morning with a few first of the year but yet again very quiet offshore. Combined totals below.

Swallow - 1

Willow Warbler - 2

Chiffchaff - 9

Blackcap - 2

Yellowhammer - 2

White Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 6

Linnet - 15

Skylark - 17

Song Thrush - 4

Grey Partridge - 1

Greylag Goose - 1w over Longwood

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 2

Sandwich Tern - 5w

Great-crested Grebe - 7 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 9 os

Gannet - 1e

Common Scoter - 1e

Brent Geese - 20e

Turnstone - 45

Oystercatcher - 37w

Ringed Plover - 4

Jay - 3

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 4

White Wagtail bottom of Long wood

Buzzard 

Yellowhammer

Stonechat

Ringed Plover

 

Good numbers of Brent Geese moving distantly offshore this morning with c500 seen moving east and a Little-ringed Plover in the field, south of Ferry Road. 

Chiffchaff - 7

Wheatear - 1

Siskin - 2 had 

Pied Wagtail - 2

Linnet - 20

Jay - 3

Great-crested Grebe - 2

Red-breasted Merganser - 13 os 2w

Sandwich Tern - 3e

Med Gull - 2e

Gannet - 4w

Turnstone - 50w

Sanderling - 30e

Ringed Plover - 2

Stock Dove - 2

Dolphins off Climping Beach

 A cold sunny bright morning with a brisk west north west found very little movement offshore v apart from a nice surprise in the from of a pair of Garganey moving west at 07:40.

Great-northern Diver - 1e

Red-breasted Merganser - 13 os 2e

Great-crested Grebe - 3 os

Gannet - 12w 9e

Common Scoter 9 os

Brent Geese - 1w

Med Gull - 2w

Sandwich Tern - 1w

Turnstone - 17w

Oystercatcher - 7w

Sanderling - 2w

Wheatear - 3

Chiffchaff - 6

White Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 5

Linnet - 12

Meadow Pipit - 7

Red Kite - 1

Buzzard - 4

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 1

Red Kite Atherington late morning

Plenty of Greenfinch in the patch of late

Linnet

Chiffchaff

Good numbers of Wheatear on west beach this morning also more Chiffchaff around. My first Sandwich Terns of the year flew west and 2 Little-Ringed Plover south of ferry road.

 

LRP - 2

Kingfisher - 1

Ringed Plover - 2

Curlew - 1

Sanderling - 25w

Turnstone - 2

Kingfisher - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 1

Wheatear - 13

Chiffchaff - 8

Mistle Thrush - 2

Song Thrush - 7

Meadow Pipit - 17

Pied Wagtail - 9

Skylark 15

Siskin - 3n

Linnet - 10

Stock Dove - 11

Sandwich Tern - 2w

Great-crested Grebe - 3

Red-breasted Merganser - 22os

Mute Swan - 4w

Buzzard - 6

Kestrel - 3

Jay - 2

Green Woodpecker - 2

Little-ringed Plover

Wheatear setaside

Sandwich Tern

Chiffchaff

Little-Ringed Plover present again today although in flooded field north side of Ferry Road. (AH)

Glorious morning around the patch with a bit of variety today but again very slow offshore.

Little-Ringed Plover - 1

Oystercatcher - 40

Turnstone - 21

Red-breasted Merganser - 33 os

Great-crested Grebe - 5

Brent Geese - 3

Shelduck - 1

Grey Partridge - 1

Stock Dove - 7

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Red Kite - 1

Buzzard - 7

Kestrel - 3

Firecrest - 1 Longwod

Chiffchaff - 3

Goldcrest - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Song Thrush - 4

Pied Wagtail - 20

White Wagtail - 1

Meadow Pipit - 7

Skylark - 9

Linnet - 10

Little-ringed Plover

A Little-Ringed Plover in the flooded field south of Ferry Road again this afternoon, several Meadow Pipit present with Pied and 2 White wagtail . 3-4 Chiffchaff around Atherington, 3 Common Scooter flew east 1 Gannet west with 5 Red-breasted Merganser on the sea.

White Wagtail

A Wheatear at Elmer near Poole Place this morning (OM) and four species of Geese seen in the patch.

Canada Geese - 8 flying north up river

Egyptian Geese - 2e setaside

Greylag Goose - 1w setaside

Brent Geese - 16e 4 cudlow

Common Scoter - c30 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 9 os

Great-crested Grebe - 2 os

Sanderling - 25e 15w

Turnstone - 50w

Ringed Plover - 1

Med Gull - 20

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Snipe - 1

Pied Wagtail - 30

Meadow Pipit - 16

Chiffchaff - 2

Goldcrest - 3

Linnet - 5

Goldfinch - 11

 A Little-ringed Plover with 2 Ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin this morning in the flooded field south of Ferry road. Also this morning 7 Avocet flew east of Poole Place, 4 Shoveler, 97 Brent Geese and 29 Common scooter offshore.

 A trek up to Poole place and back with the highlight being seven Eider flying east, otherwise still very quiet.

Eider - 7e

Common Scooter - c30 os

Brent Geese - 33e

Red-throated Diver - 2e

Red-breasted Merganser - 11 so 

Grey Plover - 2

Turnstone - c150

Sanderling - c50

Oystercatcher - 27

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Dolphins - 2e

A couple of hours from mid morning around the patch found most of the activity in the flooded fields south of Ferry road.

Cetti's Warbler - 2

Chiiffchaff - 3

Goldcrest - 1

Stonechat - 2

Song Thrush - 20

Meadow Pipit - 13

Skylark - 10

Pied Wagtail - 11

Great-spotted Woodpecker -n 1

Lapwing - 1

Oystercatcher - 6e

Snipe - 7

Great-crested Grebe - 1e

Brent Geese - 20

Grey Heron - 3

Buzzard - 5