07.45-09.45 from the fishing boats joined by OL.

All down channel unless stated otherwise:

Common Scoter:                298

Velvet Scoter:                        2

Red-breasted Merganser:      1

Red-throated Diver:              6

Great-crested Grebe:           17

Fulmar:                                  3

Gannet:                              317

Cormorant:                       c500 around

Oystercatcher:                        2 up

Pomarine Skua:                      1

Black-headed Gull:             Present n/c

Mediterranean Gull:             10

Common Gull:                    Present n/c

Herring Gull:                       Present n/c

Lesser Black Backed Gull  Present n/c

Great Black Backed Gull:   Present n/c

Kittiwake:                            27

Guillemot:                             2

Auk Sp:                                 4

Starling:                          1,050 in

Another 90 minute watch 12.30-14.00 was very slow, so slow I fell asleep. 

My daily Ring-necked Duck pic.

The 4 Bewick Swans are still showing distantly with the Mute Swans in Denge Marsh Road, opposite the go cart track.

2 visits to the reserve saw the Ring-necked Duck with the Cattle Egret nearby, the Long-eared Owl still behind the Dipping Pool. On Burrowes the usual Great White Egrets, 4 Goldeneye, a drake Goosander, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls and 1w Caspian Gull.