Very quiet around the patch this morning with 2 Cetti's Warbler heard around the golf course, a single Chiffchaff around Kents and a Lapwing flew out of the setaside.

Buzzard - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Jay - 2

Green Woodpecker - 2

Grey Heron - 3

Skylark - 10

Goldfinch - 15

Goldcrest - 1

Dunlin - 2w

Ringed Plover - 1

Oystercatcher - 3

Red-breasted Merganser - 10 os

Med Gull - c75

5/3/22  Elmer Rocks: With a fresh NW wind blowing it was never going to be great for sea-watching and so it proved; two Gannets went W, as did a diver sp, whilst a single Red-throated Diver went E and up to 50 Med Gulls were again offshore and flying around. The sea was dominated by at least 50 Red-breasted Mergansers but I could only find three Great Crested Grebes.

 There was however perhaps just a hint of spring when two large flocks of Turnstone flying E dropped onto the beach to feed around the rocks, with my count reaching an exceptional 103 birds. Also present were 15 Sanderlings, a Dunlin, 10 Ringed Plovers, 11 Grey Plovers and three Oystercatchers. A Great Spotted Woodpecker was again drumming in the woods.(OM)

 

At Elmer Rocks the best birds this morning were a single Slavonian Grebe and a fairly distant Great Northern Diver offshore, along with at least 45 Red-breasted Mergansers (some displaying) and just a couple of Great Crested Grebes. Around 40 Med Gulls were also present, either on the sea or flying around, whilst on the beach 14 Grey Plovers and a single Sanderling briefly dropped in as the tide rose. Later, a single Rock Pipit was on the rocks for a while and a Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming in the woods.(OM)

Struggled to find much of note around the patch today in a quick wonder from Bread Lane to the beach. (AH) 

Meadow Pipit - 1 

Yellowhammer - 3 

Skylark - 8 

Song Thrush - 1 

Reed Bunting - 2 

Dunnock - 4 

Goldfinch - 12 

Stonechat - 6 

Kestrel - 1 

Grey Plover - 12 

Linnet - 5 

Green Woodpecker - 1

Magpie - 12 

Buzzard - 1 

Peregrine - 1 

Pied Wagtail - 2 

Few Med Gulls about