Highlights this morning included a juvenile
Red-throated Diver on the sea, 11
Common Scoters, two
Kittiwakes, five
Mediterranean Gulls, a
Little Egret, a
Chiffchaff, a
redpoll, two
Stonechats, 39
Red-breasted Mergansers, nine
Razorbills, five
Guillemots, 45
Great Crested Grebes, 12
Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 15
Gannets, an
Oystercatcher, 48
Ringed Plovers, 82
Dunlins, nine
Sanderlings, nine
Turnstones, 13
Great Black-backed Gulls, two
Goldcrests and five
Skylarks.
The scoters involved a flock of nine which headed west and a pair on the sea, where for the first time I saw for myself scoters living up to their name, the male displaying my scooting a couple of feet across the surface of the sea then cocking his head. It was nice to meet local birder Nick B and I appreciated his lift back home!
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| wader slumber party: Sanderling, Ringed Plover and Dunlin |
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| the lonely Dark-bellied Brent remains... |
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| Great Black-backed Gulls joined the loafing squad today |
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| the male of a Stonechat pair - hopefully a Dartford will join them soon |
