Sun 27th Sept 20

I joined Pete & Max at the shelter for what turned out to be a very pleasant sea-watch, with two year ticks for me being Guillemot & Gt N Diver, along with good numbers of wildfowl, etc. (see Pete's full list below).

A wander to the scrape gave just a few Teal, 2 Shelduck, a Snipe and a lot of Gulls.

Several House Martins and a few Swallows were feeding along the road into the sewage works and were passing within a couple of feet as we walked back to the car. MM/MR.

Reports from today: 

Pete Loud

12:04 Sea-watch from the shelter (8:30 -11:30) Northbound: 3 Arctic Skua, 6 Gannet, 2 Guillemot, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Sandwich Tern, Snipe, Dunlin, 3 Wigeon, 2 Brent. - Southbound - 1 Great Northern Diver, 15+ Gannet, 80+ Brent, 25+ Wigeon, 15 Teal, 1 Grey Wag over.(MR,MM,PL).

Matt Turner

17:22 C50 Common Scoter on sea 3/4 distance from shelter.

18:08 Wheatear on greensward.

18:46 Quick look at scrape from pillbox in strong wing. c80 Teal, 4 Shelduck, a male Wigeon and a very vocal Cetti's from direction of brook.