Fri 18th Sept 20

I Joined Simon and Pete Loud at the Sailing Club Shelter again this morning and as with yesterday's Shearwaters a Leach's Petrel had passed on it's way north just before I arrived, amazingly within a few minutes a second Leach's came from the south and even settled on the sea for a short while before continuing on it's way.

Sea-watch 07:05 - 09:00: 2 Leach's Petrel (n), 51 Brent (9n 42s), 11 Shelduck (s), 5 Teal (s), 3 Common Scoter (s), 3 Gannet (n), 1 Oystercatcher (n), 1 Curlew (s) 2 Common Gulls. SC/PL/IM/MR

From the hide:

c170 Teal, 10 Wigeon, 2 Shelduck, 1 Lt. Stint, 4 BlkWits, 6 Curlew, 7 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 1 Green Sand, 3 Snipe, 82 Blk H Gulls, 30 Herring Gulls, 5 LBB, 3 GBB, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swallows.

On the way back to the car a Kingfisher was on the brook behind the sluice. IM/MR.

Reports from today:

Paul Brayshaw

07:02 Leach’s Petrel passing Haven shelter now per Simon and Pete Loud.

Simon Cox

07:10 2nd Leach’s going N now (landed on sea).