Friday 15 September 2017

Sea watching today 06.10-09.10 + 11.00-12.15 + 14.45-16.00 Many thanks to AJG for collating the numbers:
Teal: 6 down
Wigeon: 6 down
Common Scoter: 23 up   22 down
Eider: 1 around
Great-crested Grebe: 2 around
Sooty Shearwater: 1 down
Gannet: 371 down
Cormorant: present n/c
Oystercatcher: 3 up  1 down
Ringed Plover: 1 up
Great Skua: 37 down 
Pomarine Skua: 1 down
Arctic Skua: 67 down  5+ around
Kittiwake: 20 down
Sandwich Tern: 907 down
Commic Tern: 24 down
Guillemot: 1 down   1 around
Sand Martin: 19 out
House Martin: 10 out
Swallow: 373
Some excellent totals but meagre compared to Cap Gris nez just 27miles from Dungeness . See http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/148/20170915
At The Patch a juvenile Little Gull and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull of note, also 5 Black Redstarts and a Robin behind the hide.
 Redstart in The Desert
A wander around The Desert during a break from sea watching saw very few migrants, highlights being a Common Redstart, 7 Wheatears, a Whinchat, 120+ Meadow Pipits over along with a trickle of Swallows and House Martins, the Osprey could be seen over Kerton Road Pit.
Juvenile Red-necked Grebe from Dennis's view point this afternoon 
Late afternoon the juvenile Red-necked Grebe was showing distantly from Dennis's view point, also from there 4 Great White Egrets, 2 Black Terns over the New Diggings, the Osprey again between the ARC and Kerton Road Pit. 
2 Curlew Sandpipers and a Little Stint from Hanson late afternoon per CT. 


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