Today (13th April) was utter dire on the patch. A morning circuit around Seaford Head didn't produce a single migrant, and a brief seawatch afterwards was equally poor. I then walked a couple of good looking Dotterel fields to the north of Denton where many Corn Buntings were present.
After a quick late morning nap, I noticed the wind had switched to an easterly, and very briefly went SE during my 1.5hr seawatch at Splash Point with the following birds seen:
Splash Point 11.50 - 13.10 ESE 2:
Common Scoter - 80
Sandwich Tern - 21
Shoveler - 6
Diver sp. - 2
Arctic Skua - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 5
Bar-tailed Godwit - 8
Mediterranean Gull - 6
Last night the Great White Egret was finally seen on the scrape where it showed well.
After a quick late morning nap, I noticed the wind had switched to an easterly, and very briefly went SE during my 1.5hr seawatch at Splash Point with the following birds seen:
Splash Point 11.50 - 13.10 ESE 2:
Common Scoter - 80
Sandwich Tern - 21
Shoveler - 6
Diver sp. - 2
Arctic Skua - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 5
Bar-tailed Godwit - 8
Mediterranean Gull - 6
Last night the Great White Egret was finally seen on the scrape where it showed well.
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| Great White Egret on the scrape |
