Tuesday 13 February 2018

07.30-09.00 from the fishing boats with MH & CP:

Brent Goose: 6 up
Shelduck: 1 down
Common Scoter: 3 down.  2 up
Red-throated diver: 5 down.  4 up
Fulmar: 8 down
Gannet: 576 down
Cormorant: c1,500 down
Oystercatcher: 2 up
Turnstone: 1 down
Black-headed Gull: c2,500 down
Mediterranean Gull: 1 down
Common Gull: c100 down
Kittiwake: 1,341 down
Guillemot: 580 down
Razorbill: 305 down
Auk sp c500 down

At a very windswept Scotney no sign of any grey geese, the usual feral Barnacles were feeding on the sward but nothing else of note.
By the time I reached the reserve the rain had started, 500+ Golden Plover among 14 Curlew the Lapwing on Boulderwall Fields, also Great White and Little Egret there. A drake Smew could be seen from the visitor centre and a couple of Goldeneye, by lunchtime the weather had deteriorated so much I gave up for the day. 

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