1st May 2009

Summer Plmmaged Red-necked Grebe offshore form Climping car park this morning

7 Common Sandpipers and 2 Whimbrel  from the river this afternoon.

Good selection of birds this morning and about time too. Sea watching from Climping Beach this  morning produced the highlight with 4 Long-Tailed Duck from the car park, also 1e Diver Sp, 14w 4e Gannet, 38e 8w Whimbrel,  2w Fulmar, 5e Brent Geese, 6e Sandwich Tern, 5e Commic Tern, 2w Mediterranean Gull, 2e Shelduck, 12 Red B Mergansers and 4 Great C Grebe. Inland 1 Red Kite drifted over pool place, 1 Whinchat, 5 Redstart, 20+ Whitethroat, 18 Wheatear, 5 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Buzzard, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron,

Couple of hours down the patch late morning produced, 3 Whitethroat, 2 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 6 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, and 1 Jay, offshore 10e Whimbrel,1 Curlew, 28 Brent Geese on the sea, and  1 Great C Grebe.