Walked the beach from Skegness to Gib, including a 2 ½ hour Sea watch then checked scrub and bushes from Drake Road to Buckthorn Avenue.
Fewer thrushes about this morning on the outer ridges with 80 Fieldfare 20 Redwing 20 Blackbird 10 Song Thrush 4 Ring Ouzel at least Mixed finch flock on beach held 20 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 10 Linnet and 2 Twite 4 Grey Partridge 6 Swallow flew north and 1 sensibly south
Sea Watch produced
Little Gull 341N Kittiwake 72N Gannet 58N and 17S Bonxie 3N Skua sp 1N Red Throated Diver 4 on sea and 2N, 1S Eider 7S Common Scoter 140 on sea and 85N Brent Goose 21N Pinkfeet 2 skeins of 220 and 150 respectively heading towards Norfolk Guillemot 9N 1S Auk sp 12N
Still a few Brambling and Goldcrest about together with a drab looking Lesser Whitethroat
Regards
Nige
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