Despite covering the whole of the patch today (Seaford Head & Cuckmere), Splash Point was the only site worthy of a mention, and even that wasn't too exciting. The only highlight came in the form of a Common Tern that went east early on. Not normally noteworthy, at the time of watching I was thinking that this was an early record, but it wasn't until doing some research that I realised how early the record actually is. If I'd known I might have even tried to get a blurry photo.
10-year average for Common Tern in Sussex is the 26th March, this also being my personal earliest record.
The earliest record between 1960 - 2016 is the 14th March.
Two seawatches today but only totalling 1.5 hours between 06.35 - 09.30 (whilst walking the headland in between) with totals of:
Gannet - 2
Common Scoter - 26
Red-throated Diver - 17
Diver sp. - 1
Dunlin - 2
Sandwich Tern - 3
Common Tern - 1
Brent Geese - 78
Eider - 1 drk flying with a group of 4 Common Scoter between 09.00-0930.
