Very overcast this morning with a sea mist which found it very quiet offshore with only one flock of Brent Geese moving.  At least 6 Wheatear along the beach from Elmer up to Cudlow field OM, and Chiffchaff numbers reached double figures.

Firecrest - 1 Longwood

Blackcap - 2

Linnet - 60

Meadow Pipit - 1

Yellowhammer - 2

Reed Bunting - 3

Fieldfare - 2

Mistle Thrush - 1

Song Thrush - 4

Jay - 2

Great-spotted Woddpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2

Red Kite - 2

Buzzard - 5

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 3

Sanderling - 4

Turnstone - 10W

Red Kite east over Kents

Sparrowhawk Ferry Road

Fieldfare Longwood

With a few observers out today in another fine bright sunny morning despite a chilly northerly breeze, much more variety was 

on offer with the coverage. Combined totals below

Brambling - 1 Ferry Rd (MB)

Siskin - 1

Linnet - 20

Goldfinch - 35

Chiffchaff - 6

Blackcap - 1 

Cettis' Warbler - 3

Wheatear - 3

White Wagtail - 2

Mistle Thrush - 2

Red Kite - 1

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 2

Red-breasted Merganser - 1

 Lovely bright sunny morning with a northeast breeze, found very little movement offshore but a few things arriving nevertheless.  22 Linnet and 13 Meadow Pipit in off the sea, a Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Scoter and a Med Gull moving east, a single, Red-breasted Merganser on the sea and a Little Egret along the beach. A Red Kite drifted east over Longwood, 

Red Kite east over Longwood

An area on the setaside has now been fenced off, and hopefully the Ringed Plovers will make use of this area.

Additional records from MB this morning, include 2 Canada Geese flying over the old campsite, a Redwing in Longwood, and a Ringed-necked Parakeet in fields adjacent to the Black Horse pub.

A Black-throated Diver offshore late morning on the 19th, with 5 Common Scoter and a Sandwich Tern east.

Quiet again offshore with 35 Brent moving east along with 4 Common Scoter, 2 Lesser BB Gull and a single, Red-breasted Merganser. A single Gannet moved west and a couple of Med Gull on the sea. The usual array of waders along the beach, small numbers of Meadow Pipit & Linnet in off the sea, and a nice male Wheatear off Poole Place.

Wheatear Poole Place

Brent Geese Climping Beach

 

Belated records of 2 Sandwich Tern east my first of the year on the 16th March, and a Great-northern Diver off Poole Place on the 14th.

Today's totals from OM Elmer Rocks.

Brent Geese - 73E

Red-throated Diver - 1E

Common Scoter - 3E

Red-breasted Merganser - 6

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Oystercatcher - 10

Grey Plover - 1

Turnstone - 45

Sanderling - 2

Med Gull - 1

Great Black-backed Gull - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Chiffchaff - 1

3 Little-ringed Plover late afternoon, on flooded fields west of Ham Manor Golf Course, (Black Ditch) also 3 Red Kite, 9 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 5 Little Egret, and 3 Grey Heron.

 LRP

The first big push of Brent Geese moving east this morning with over 400 seen at Climping beach, also my first Wheatear of the year in Cudlow field. Combined records below, BA & OM.

Shelduck - 2W

Teal - 2E

Sandwich Tern - 2E

Red-breasted Merganser - 16 

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Little Egret - 2E

Grey Heron - 1

Turnstone - 45W

Meadow Pipits - 25

Stonechat - 3

Yellowhammer - 2

Linnet - 8

Skylark - 30

Peregrine - 1

Kestrel - 3

Buzzard - 2

Grey Seal - 2 

Dolphin sp. 8W

Wheatear 

 

Meadow Pipit

Possible Caspian Gull Climping Beach

Very grey morning with little wind coming from the NNE, found very little movement offshore. 

Rose-ringed Parakeet - 1

Greylag Goose - 1

Chiffchaff - 8

Stonechat - 2

Redwing - 1

Song Thrush - 6

Skylark - 25

Meadow Pipit - 10

Pied Wagtail - 3

Linnet - 9

Yellowhammer - c70

Reed Bunting - 3

Jay - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 1

Grey Heron - 2

Curlew - 2

Oystercatcher - 8

Sanderling - 30W

Turnstone - 45W

Red-breasted Merganser - 9 os

Great-crested Grebe - 2 os

Parakeet calling from Bailiffscourt

Greylag Goose & Mute Swan west of Bailiffscourt

Chiffchaff in good numbers south side of Longwood

Skylark setaside

 A nice bright morning with a chilly easterly breeze, and another wander up to Poole Place found it very quiet offshore and very little on the sea. The highlight being an Avocet at the end of Climping beach with Oystercatchers, before flying off west after being flushed by dog walkers.

Water Rail - 1 hrd Ferry Rd

Oystercatcher - 11

Turnstone - 40

Sanderling - c100

Grey Heron - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 1 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 1 os

Brent Geese - 4w

Chiffchaff - 1

Skylark - 35

Yellowhammer - c40

Reed Bunting - 12

Meadow Pipit - 10

Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd

Song Thrush - 8

Redwing - 1

Kestrel - 1

Avocet Climping Beach

Kestrel

Reed Bunting

Yellowhammer

Out mid afternoon in glorious sunshine with very little sign of any migration along the coast.

Chiffchaff - 1

Redwing - 2

Song Thrush - 2

Meadow Pipit - 9

Skylark - 30

Snipe - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 1

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 3 os

Lesser BB Gull - 2 Marina

 

Lesser BB Gull Marina

Common Buzzard North Fields

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Great-crested Grebe Climping Beach

Grey Heron Bailiffscourt