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Wednesday 9 March 2016

Splash Point & Lower Cuckmere 9/3/16

I started off at Splash Point where a reasonable passage of Fulmars was going on. Was really hoping for a 'Blue' form but it wasn't to be, so was slightly disappointed to see Dunge had a fair few. Not much else so I headed down the Lower Cuckmere where a large Gull flock held a first-winter Caspian Gull

In the sheep field between Chyncton Farm and the Cuckmere produced a different Scandinavian Rock Pipit feeding with the newly arrived Meadow Pipits.

Totals for Splash Point  between 8.10-9.10am are:

Great Skua - 1 at 9.08
Little Gull - 1 adult
Mediterranean Gull - 1 adult
Fulmar - 77
Common Scoter - 14
Shelduck - 9
Gannet - 8
Brent Geese - 15
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1
Great Crested Grebe - 6
Red-throated Diver - 1



first-winter Caspian Gull in Lower Cuckmere