c500 Med Gull numbers on the beach at Climping this morning resulting in 12 rings read. Also 14 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Curlew, and singles of Redshank and Common Sandpiper. 2 Sand Martin flew east , and at least a dozen or more Swift in the area. 

A wander around Bailiffscourt with CN, hoping for a Pied Fly, produced a little variety, with 3 Willow Warblers, Lesser Whitethroat, Coal Tit & Goldcrest heard, and a Peregrine, with good numbers of of Whitethtroat and Blackcap present. 

Yesterday Thursday 24th was very quiet offshore, with a Peregrine around the river mouth, 57 Cormorant west, 3w Oystercatcher and 5 Sand Martin east.