Splash Point & Seaford Head 17/4/14

A much better seawatch this morning, but only up until 8.30am when passage slowed down and the temperature seemed to drop. Yet another good passage of Little Gulls and another pair of Garganey being the highlights, as was our first Little Tern.
Seaford Head was also semi-productive with a stonking Ring Ouzel that showed well near the wood.

Totals between 6am-9.00am:

Little Gull - 129
Brent Geese - 563 (incl. 1 leucistic bird)
Common Scoter - 656
Velvet Scoter - 12 (groups of 5,4&3)
Common Tern - 4
Little Tern - 1
Sandwich Tern - 86
Arctic Skua - 4
Garganey - 2 (1 drk)
Whimbrel - 2
Gannet - 21
Red-throated Diver - 7
Mediterranean Gull - 3

Seaford Head:

Ring Ouzel - 1 male showed well by Harry's Bush
Hobby - 2 together flew north
Willow Warbler - 2
Sand Martin - 2
Spoonbill - 1 still in Cuckmere

Ring Ouzel on Seaford Head