Glorious bright sunny day with a flat calm sea found the patch very quiet mid morning, with 3 Chiffchaff around Atherington Pools, and 2 Raven flying north west over Bailiffscourt.

Raven - 2

Chiffchaff - 3

Goldcrest - 2

Stonechat - 4

Pied Wagtail - 45

Meadow Pipit - 4

Skylark - 25

Linnet - 15

Reed Bunting - 4

Greenfinch - 5

Diver sp 1e

Red-breasted Merganser - 3 e 1 os

Great crested Grebe - 1

Brent Geese - 19

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 4

Snipe - 3

Chiffchaff

Reed Bunting

Brent Geese

Slow again offshore from 09:00 in a good west south west blow.

Pintail - 2w 

Wigeon - 1w

Mallard - 1w 1e

Brent Geese - 9w 28 in field 

Common Scoter - 9 os

Great-crested Grebe - 5 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 3

Razorbill - 1e

Aukl sp - 2e

Diver sp -1e

Oystercatcher - 11

Sanderling - 17

Turnstone - c75

Med Gull - 6w

Jack Snipe - 1

Stock Dove - 4

Little Egret - 1

Fieldfare - 3

Song Thrush - 7

Pied Wagtail - 21

Stonechat - 2

Skylark - 22

Linnet - 15

Sanderling

A cold grey cloudy morning found very little moving offshore.

Red throated Diver - 1w 1os 

Brent Geese - c125

Gannet - 9w

Great-crested Grebe - 1w 1os

Red breasted Merganser - 2os

Oystercatcher - 7

Sanderling - 25

Turnstone - c75

Sparrowhawk - 1

Stonechat - 2

Fieldfare - 35

Redwing - 19

Mistle Thrush - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2

Jay - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

A Lesser BB Gul in roost opposite the RNLI by the red bridge today also a Common Sanpiper on the west bank, 2 Redshank and 2 Turnstone on the east. A Peregrine seen on the tower morning and this afternoon. (AH)

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