A very busy week with work meaning I haven't been able to do much, although most evenings down the Cuckmere or Splash Point have just about been worth the continued tiredness.
This evening (19/4) a brief 90 minute seawatch between 17.00 - 18.30 are as follows:
Little Gull - 50 (one superb flock)
Red-throated Diver - 1
Sandwich Tern - 3
Mediterranean Gull - 14
Commic Tern - 17
The Cuckmere this week hasn't been that great although the Great White Egret showed well on the scrape earlier in the week, along with a Bar-tailed Godwit and the single Brent Goose, whilst a Fieldfare was by Foxhole Farm. Three Egyptian Geese were present last night.
Another afternoon seawatch on the 17th April between 15.50 - 19.20 produced the following, with a close flock of Eider being by far the best views I've had recently:
Brent Geese - 21
Gannet - 45
Sandwich Tern - 32
Arctic Skua - 5
Red-throated Diver - 2
Whimbrel - 24
Mediterranean Gull - 45
Commic Tern - 20
Common Scoter - 7
Sanderling - 8
Eider - 7
Bar-tailed Godwit - 27
This evening (19/4) a brief 90 minute seawatch between 17.00 - 18.30 are as follows:
Little Gull - 50 (one superb flock)
Red-throated Diver - 1
Sandwich Tern - 3
Mediterranean Gull - 14
Commic Tern - 17
The Cuckmere this week hasn't been that great although the Great White Egret showed well on the scrape earlier in the week, along with a Bar-tailed Godwit and the single Brent Goose, whilst a Fieldfare was by Foxhole Farm. Three Egyptian Geese were present last night.
Another afternoon seawatch on the 17th April between 15.50 - 19.20 produced the following, with a close flock of Eider being by far the best views I've had recently:
Brent Geese - 21
Gannet - 45
Sandwich Tern - 32
Arctic Skua - 5
Red-throated Diver - 2
Whimbrel - 24
Mediterranean Gull - 45
Commic Tern - 20
Common Scoter - 7
Sanderling - 8
Eider - 7
Bar-tailed Godwit - 27
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| Great White Egret at Cuckmere Haven |
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| Egyptian Goose at Cuckmere Haven |
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Another seawatching season is well
underway.
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