I arrived at the sea to find about 300 Cormorants and 120 Gannets feeding just offshore. After some 30 minutes or so they gradually moved off.
Birds moving SW included 341 Red-throated Divers, a Black-throated Diver, 58 Auks, 44 Wigeon, 10 Teal and a Shelduck. There were also 18 Brent Geese moving NE.
In Dusky Hollow the Cetti's Warbler was still present.
Seawatch for two hours produced more of the usual, most notable 50 Cormorants, 25 Gannets, 2 Curlews, 108 Red-throated Divers and 119 Auks moving downchannel.
Also two Common Seals fed in the Bay.
Jack
Although there were good numbers of birds at sea today there were very few species, most notable were 142 Red-throated Divers, 514 Auks, 3 Shelduck and 8 Common Scoters all moving SW.
A Common Seal and Harbour Porpoise fed in the Bay.
Another seawatch with very little of note apart from 105 Red-throated Divers moving down channel.
Simon, Jack.
Another short seawatch with very little apart from 34 Red-throated Divers and a few Auks SW.
On a seawatch from 09:15 - 10:45 there were birds moving downchannel including 27 Cormorants, 12 Auks and 45 Red-throated Divers.
Today at sea it was much rougher and for two hours there were birds moving downchannel and I saw a Red-throated Diver, a Velvet Scoter, 216 Gannets, 41 Auks, 83 Kittiwakes and 3 Mediterranean Gulls.
In Dusky Hollow the Cetti's Warbler, that has been around for several days, was seen again.
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Phil, Richard, Jack.
From 08:00 - 12:00 a seawatch in a brisk SW breeze produced 35 Red-throated Divers, 68 Auks, 3 Curlew and 2 Velvet Scoters all moving downchannel. Also feeding offshore were 7 Great-crested Grebes and a Harbour Porpoise.
Simon, Jack.
A three hour seawatch in a cold horrible southerly gale with rain squalls produced very little of note apart from a close in Leach's Petrel, a Sooty Shearwater and many Gannets and Kittiwakes moving SW. Amongst a large flock of gulls near the beach were at least 8 Caspian Gulls.
Jamie, Phil, Jack.
At about lunchtime we went to Dusky Hollow where we found a Hume's Warbler, also there were 2 Blackcaps, 2 Chiffchaffs, 12 Goldcrests and 3 or 4 Firecrests.
At about 08:00 Richard found a Hume's Warbler on the Leas by the Golf Clubhouse. The bird moved into a hedge by the road and whilst it was being searched for again a Pallas's Warbler was found.
Richard, Nigel, Gerald, Jack.
On a seawatch from 08:00 - 11:30 with birds moving up and down channel we had 430 Brent Geese, 46 Common Scoters, 51 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 5 Shelduck, 9 Red-throated Divers, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Curlew, 29 Dunlin, 6 Auks and a Little Auk.
Amongst the flock of gulls just offshore there were at least 4 Caspian Gulls.
As we finished we had an Egyptian Goose fly north, our first for the site.
Gerald, Nigel, Phil, Simon, Jack.
A walk around the area, before the fog came in at about 10:30, we had 6 Chiffchaffs [3 in the Farm Wood and 3 at Hope Point], 2 Stonechats, 5 Crossbills, several Goldcrests and a Firecrest. There were also 2 Little Egrets in the big field amongst the gulls.
Nigel, Phil, Jack.
Another day of rare warblers with the Pallas's Warbler still at Hope Point and in Dusky Hollow a new Dusky Warbler and 2-3 Yellow-browed Warblers.
Other notable birds included 9 Blackcaps, 11 Chiffchaffs, 4 Firecrests, 30 Goldcrests, a Black Redstart and 6 Stonechats. Flyovers included a Yellow Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, 160 Stock Doves, 211 Starlings, 4 Bullfinches and 2 Bramblings.
