Best time of year for the seasalter patch,with a few things turning 3 pinked footed geese made a show last with three landing on the flats,male eider turning up with brents,ring ouzel behind the sportsman now on its third day,quick day out for the pallid harrier in all a good week, a smart black brant turning up saturday .
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Full day birding on the patch my first eider of the year and yet again another osprey two good year ticks red neck grebe in the swale and patch gold a woodlark which flew past us and landed briefly on the seawall
good movement of meadow pipits and sandwich terns,with the wind easing as the day went on,two ravens flew past on the shoreline
Hard slog 10hrs birding today with a few bits about nice to see bearded tits again behind the sportsman.as the tide was coming in a nice ruff on the surf
Finishing work today and heading to the patch for my normal few hours before heading home,parked the car and walked up the track checking the bushes as you few blue tits and gold finches and a squeal from a cettis,just going up the slope i heard a high pitch call straight away i knew it was a yellow brown warbler,so i headed back and up the ridge it was sitting on top of a bush
What a weekend with finding a kentish plover on saturday,what would sunday bring 72 arctic skuas 7 pom skuas 19 arctic terns 19 black terns etc then 15 manx shearwaters
