The first half hour was the best this morning, just after arriving at Bailiffscourt, with a couple of Spotted Flycatchers, a Redstart and a number of common warblers all seen in quick succession. Thereafter, things slowed down considerably with just regular species added. OM

Spotted Flycatcher - 2
Redstart - 1
Blackcap - 4+
Willow Warbler - 3
Whitethroat - 10+
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Greenfinch - 12+
Goldfinch - 40
Buzzard - 2
Gt Spotted Wood - 2
Green Woodpecker - 3
Long-tailed Tit - 8
Wheatear - 1
Skylark - 12
Swallow - 6
Little Egret - 2

Spotted Fly 

A Little variety this morning with a Whinchat in the setaside, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler and a Corn Bunting along the edge of the golf course (RG) and another Spotted Flycatcher reported by (MB) in the overflow car park at Bailffs. 

Additional records from (OM)

Whinchat - 1

Tree Pipit - 1

Green Wood - 3

Great Spotted Wood - 2

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Long-tailed Tit - 6

Willow Warbler - 7

Blackcap - 7+

Whitethroat - 12

Greenfinch - 10

Goldfinch - 25

Another trudge around the patch, which didn't turn up anything of note.

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Kestrel - 3

Buzzard - 2

Blackcap 9

Willow Warbler - 9

Chiffchaff - 3

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 7

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Wheatear - 3

Reed Bunting - 6

Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Warbler - 6

Goldfinch - 25

Greenfinch - 15

Long-tailed Tit - 12

Swift - 1

Swallow - 85

Sand Martin - 7

Redshank - 1w

Med Gull - 25

Sand Martin Atherington

Wheatear Setaside

Reed Bunting

 A Nuthatch at Bailiffscourt car park(OM) and a Pied Fly at Kents added a bit of variety for the patch today, combined totals below.

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - c20

Blackcap - 15

Willow Warbler - 10

Chiffchaff - 2

Yellowhammer - 3

Reed Bunting - 3

Kestrel - 3

Buzzard - 1

Little Egret - 10

Curlew - 6

Oystercatcher - 20w

Common Tern - 7

Sandwich Tern - 10

Swift - 1

Swallow - c40

Skylark - c30

Linnet - 35

Greenfinch - 25

Goldfinch - 20

Long-tailed Tit - 10

Pied Fly Kents

Kestrel 

Surprisingly quiet in the bushes around the golf course this morning with 5 Whimbrel, on the course, 5 Yellow Wagtail moving over east and a Greenshank heard only. Hundreds of Gulls on the sea offshore.

Whitethroat - 8

Willow Warbler - 6

Sedge Warbler - 2

Reed Warbler - 10

Chiffchaff - 2

Reed Bunting - 3

Green Woodpecker - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Wheatear - 2

Little Egret - 2

Ringed Plover - 32 west beach

Oystercatcher - 2e

Kestrel - 2

Wheatear west beach

Another fine bright day with the breeze increasing later in the morning. A Hobby drifting west over Bailiffscourt, was my 1st of the year, and at least 10 Wheatear along the beach with six in the setaside. Small numbers of Blackcap, Whitethroat and Willow Warbler, 25 Oystercatcher west and c150+ Med Gull in the area. 

Wheatear climping beach

Med Gull Climping beach

Rock inbound for Poole Place

Large numbers of Gulls feeding distantly offshore but fairly quiet off-shore on the outgoing tide. Quiet around the bushes with just 3 Willow Warbler.

Whimbrel - 1w

Oystercatcher - 4e

Ringed Plover - 2 on beach

Little Egret - 5

Med Gull - 11 beach

Sandwich Tern - 2w

Sand Martin - 12

House Martin - 2

Swallow - c50

Kestrel - 5

Buzzard - 2-3

Green Woodpecker - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Returning Common Gull climping beach

 

A quite morning around the golf course in a blustery west south west wind.  A Marsh Harrier seen several times around the Mill, West Beach and north of the Golf Course, a Green Sandpiper from West Beach and a Kingfisher along the Mill Path being the highlights. 

Marsh Harrier

Green Woodpecker Golf Course

Warblers present in good numbers around the golf course this morning with a Green Sandpiper also around, and Canada Geese heard moving offshore.

Little Egret - 10

Med Gull - 20

Swallow - 70

House Martin - 3

Sand Martin - 4

Swift - 1

Green Woodpecker - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Kestrel - 3

Willow Warbler

Sedge Warbler 

Stonechat 

Plenty of variety and numbers around the patch this morning, nothing scarce but plenty to scan though. Always nice to see fresh Lesser Whitethroat with 2 around the back of the golf course, and at least 5 Willow warbler in the area and plenty of Linnet, Greenfinch and Goldfinch. Several of Reed & Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap and Chiffchaff in the Reed & bushes. Half a dozen Swift, 3 House Martin back of Long wood amongst the Swallows. 

Juv Willow Warbler Golf course

Yellowhammer camp site

 A fine bright sunny morning with a slight wind coming from the north. No sign of any LRP in the area, but good numbers of Greenfinch, Whitethroat, Linnet and Goldfinch. 

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Sand Martin - 25

Swallow - c75

Swift - 10

Med Gull - 

Sandwich Tern

Shelduck - 1w

Little Egret - 10

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 5

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 1

Sand Martin 

Lesser Whitethroat

A surprising couple of hours this morning, not sleeping because of the heat, I took myself to Climping beach at 05:30. High tide was 07:30 and found several Med Gull, Sandwich Tern and Gannet feeding on a calm sea, also 4w Little Tern moving, 1e Whimbrel, 3w Sanderling and 5e Oystercatcher. 

The highlight of the morning being a Marsh Tit, which was rummaging around in bushes along the beach behind Atherington Pools. Rattled a couple of pictures before it moved into wood.

Marsh Tit

Along the beach 2 Little Ringed Plover with 2 chicks, 2 Ringed Plover, a Cuckoo flew into the setaside landing on a post and flew straight off into the horse paddock, 1 Grey Partridge, 1 Yellow Wagtail 6 Sand Martin, 12 Swift 9 Little Egret and 1 Grey Heron. Two year ticks and in my reckoning not a bad return for a couple of hours.

Grey Seal

Coudy conditions with a nice cool south westerly wind, found  

Swift - c75 north of golf course

Swallow - 25

Reed Warbler - 3

Sedge Warbler - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Whitethroat - 10

Blackcap - 2

Yellowhammer - 3

Stonechat - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Kestrel - 4

Buzzard - 2

Med Gull - 10w

Sandwich Tern - 18w 5e

Ringed Plover - 2

Sedge Warbler north golf course

Yellowhammer camp site 

Swift north golf course

Several Sandwich Tern feeding along the tide line at Climping this morning with a single Common Tern west, along with 4 Med Gull.  Feeding parties of Swift around Bailiffscourt and 2 House Martin over the setaside. 2 Juv Stonechat around the Horse Paddock and 3-6 Little Egret.

Swift

 

Sandwich Tern 

Stonechat

 An hour or so along the beach at Climping mid-morning found a Fulmar, 6 Curlew, 4 Sandwich Tern 2 Med Gull, 4 Gannet and a single Oystercatcher all moving west and 4 Sanderling east. 

Fulmar west Climping Beach

A couple hours on the patch this morning with the highlight being Two Grey Partridge. A few swifts feeding offshore amongst the many distant Gulls.  Small numbers of Sandwich Tern east and west, a couple of Gannet and Med Gull west, five Common scoter east & four west and 3 Oystercatcher east with a couple of Ringed Plover along the beach.

Grey Partridge

Glorious weather, but very little around this morning with 2 Great-crested Grebe offshore, c40 Sandwich Tern east, and 2 Med Gull west. About a dozen Swift, mostly seen at the end of Climping Street, 25 Swallow tracking east with a single House Martin. Along a crowded beach 9 Ringed Plover with 3 Sanderling.

Sanderling Climping Beach

 

Stonechat West Beach

Yellowhammer Camp site

Southern Marsh Orchid

A Spotted Fly reported in first wood on the 20th by BS.

Not expecting that much during a mid-morning found the two LRP insitu, 3 Great-crested Grebe offshore, 12 Sanderling east and 2 Med Gull west and a couple of calling Cetti's Warbler around the beach, with still several each of calling Blackcap, Whitethroat and Chiffchaff.

 A mid-afternoon visit found no sign of the LRP in the set-aside with just a couple of House Martin over and a few Little Egret along the tide line, but the highlight being a Spotted Flycatcher around Atherington Pools my first of the year.

Spot Fly Atherington Pools

Jay Bailiffscourt

A fine bright morning until midday when the wind picked up and dark clouds started moving in from the west, found two scare birds possibly breeding in the patch with 2 Little-ringed Plover along the beach and a Dartford Warbler seen carrying nesting material.

Whimbrel - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1

Med Gull - 2

Common Scoter - 5E

Grey Heron - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 3 heard

Reed Warbler - 7

Sedge Warbler - 1

Swift - 5

Swallow - 15

Buzzard - 5

Kestrel - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 1

Stock Dove - 5

 

Darford Warbler 

LRP

 A potentially breeding Dartford Warbler was a nice surprise this morning, so I will not release the location. Several Whitethroat, Linnet, Meadow Pipits and Goldfinch, a Redshank along the river, 2 Sandwich Tern offshore and 8 Swift.

Yet another fruitless seawatch with 5 Little Tern east close inshore the highlight.

Sandwich Tern - 25E 13W

Gannet - 40W 7E

Bar-tailed Godwit - 22E 

Whimbrel - 2E

Grey Plover - 1 

Oystercatcher - 6E 2W

Shelduck - 1E

Great-crested Grebe - 3-5

Diver sp - 1E

Swallow - 1

Dolphin - 4

Grey Seal - 1

Grey Plover Climping Beach

Sandwich Tern Climping Beach

Very quiet offshore but nice to see good numbers of Sandwich Tern moving. Nice to catch up with a couple of Grey Partridge, just about hanging on as a breeding species in the local area, and my first Whinchat in the setaside.

Sandwich Tern 70E 90W

Gannet - 2E

Med Gull - 7E

Great-crested Grebe - 1os

Little Egret - 4

Whimbrel - 8

Sanderling - 20W

Oystercatcher - 1W

Grey Partridge - 2

Red-legged Partridge - 1

Whinchat - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Swallow - 20

Yet another unrewarding attempt at a sea watch, with the highlight being a pod of Dolphin, some close inshore, moving slowly east.

Sandwich Tern - 87E 37W

Commic Tern - 2E

Gannet - 12E

Med Gull - 2W

Bar-tailed Godwit - 4E

Whimbrel - 33E

Oystercatcher - 5W

Turnstone - 3W

Common Scoter - 22E

Brent Geese - 13E

Swallow - 9 

Dolphin

Whimbrel

Brent Geese