Torrential rain and a little passage.

A day of torrential rain with a brief respite early afternoon when most of the Tern and Skua passage took place.

07.40-09.40 + 10.40-11.30 + 12.35-16.50 from the fishing boats with AJG & DW.

All are down channel unless stated. 

Fulmar: 17

Gannet: 104

Great-crested Grebe: 6 off shore

Common Scoter: 240    6 up

Teal: 54

Mallard: 1

Whimbrel: 91 

Bar-tailed Godwit: 110 

Grey Plover: 70 

Ringed Plover: 3 

Redshank: 2 over

Turnstone: 6 around

Dunlin: 4 

Knot: 13 

Arctic Skua: 8     +5 around

Kittiwake: 12

Mediterranean Gull: 1 around

Yellow-legged Gull: 1 around

Sandwich Tern: c100 around

Common Tern: 1,032 

Arctic Tern 2 

Black Tern: 11 

Little Tern: 62

Wheatear: 2

Yellow Wagtail: 26

Sand Martin: c1650 West

Swallow: c750 West

Swift: 38 West

Clouded Yellow: 1 in

Harbour Porpoise: 2+ off shore

Thanks to AJG for collating the numbers.

Reed Warbler

Mid morning from the Screen hide a Little Stint, 2 Spotted Redshanks, Common Redshank, 2 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 6 Golden Plover, 2+ Garganey, a Black-necked Grebe, 2 juvenile Water Rails, several each of Reed & Sedge Warbler with 1,000+ Sand Martins and 5 the juvenile Swallows still hanging around the hide.

juvenile Water Rail

Sedge Warbler

4 of the 5 juvenile Swallows

2 Little Ringed Plovers on puddles behind the hide

Spotted flycatcher ARC car park

Around the ARC car park a large mixed flock of Great, Blue and Long-tailed Tits with several each of Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Sedge and Reed Warbler and a Spotted Flycatcher.

Juvenile Lesser black Backed Gull  (V.X6J)

Colour ringed Lesser Black Backed Gull on the beach this afternoon.