Tuesday 31 October 2017

End of season feeling!

 Sooty Shearwater  seen at Folkstone shortly after
07.00-08.30 thanks to AJG for collating the numbers:
Brent Goose: 11 down
Shelduck: 12 down
Wigeon: 4 down
Teal: 10 down
Goldeneye: 1 down
Eider: 3 up
Common Scoter: 51 down  5 on
Velvet Scoter: 1 down
G C Grebe 7 down
Great-crested Grebe: 7 down
Red-throated Diver: 2 down
Great Northern Diver: 1 down
Sooty Shearwater: 1up
Gannet 556 down
Merlin: 1 around
Great Skua: 1 down
Arctic Skua: 1 down
Common Gull: 256 down
Mediterranean Gull: 2 down
Kittiwake: 1020 down
Guillemot 11 up, 3 down
Razorbill 4 up, 5 down
Auk sp 104 up, 36 down
Starling 10,300 down        80 in
A few each of Redpoll and Siskin over
A walk around the area with AJG found it to be very quiet, apart from 2 Dartford Warblers, 3 Stonechats and 2 Goldcrests very little was seen.
The usual Great White Egrets could be seen on the ARC and New Diggings from the causeway, but the Cattle Egret was not seen today though is probably still around.
 1w Caspian Gull at the fishing boats this afternoon
  1w Caspian Gull at the fishing boats this afternoon
  1w Caspian Gull at the fishing boats this afternoon
 1w Caspian Gull at the fishing boats this afternoon
A very slow watch this afternoon enlivened by the brief appearance of a 1w Caspian Gull:
14.00-15.45 from the fishing boats:
Brent Goose: 6 in
Common Scoter: 16 up    2 down
Great-crested Grebe: 2 around
Gannet: c40 around
Turnstone: 2 around
Mediterranean Gull: 2 around
Caspian Gull:  1  1w around
Kittiwake: 25 on sea
Guillemot: 1 on sea
Auk sp:  13 up      4 down
Harbour Porpoise: 2

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