Strong SSW winds, Overcast occasional rain.
Three strategies played out today. Nigel and Brendan opted for a morning sea watching in the Bay, while Richard persevered "up top" walking from Kingsdown to the Monument. The third strategy was to stay home, an option that some regulars wisely took.
There was constant action at sea throughout the morning, mostly Gannets (960) and Mediterranean Gulls (84) but it meant that there was an incentive to hang on in there and as a result produced eight Balearic Shearwaters, six Arctic Skuas, five Bonxies, 28 Sandwich Terns, single Arctic and Common Terns, four Red-throated Divers, and seven Common Scoters.
In the meantime Richard get very wet and managed three Wheatears, two Yellow and one Grey wagtails, 450 Meadow Pipits and 40 Chiffchaffs
Brendan, Nigel and Richard
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