Sandwich Tern

Mark Whittaker Reports.

Car park to Spit Beach. 09.00-11.00 hours.

1.Robin
2.Blue Tit
3.Carrion Crow
4.Chiffchaff
5.Goldfinch
6.Long Tailed Tit
7.Herring Gull
8.Black Headed Gull
9.Greater Black Backed Gull
10.Magpie
11.Collared Dove
12.Pied Wagtail
13.Greater Spotted Woodpecker (First there for me)
14.Canada Geese
15.Turnstone
16.Oystercatcher (45 on sea wall)
17.Cormorant
18.Sandwich Tern
19.Wren
20.Whimbrel
21.Starling
22.Rock Pipit
23.Wood Pigeon
24.Jackdaw
25.Bar Tailed Godwit
26.Dunlin
27.Ringed Plover

Thanks for the report Mark. The Great Spotted Woodpecker was a great capture.

Guillemot.

Guillemot .....Uria aalge

The Guillemot was photographed off Spit Beach by Mark Whittaker on the 19th September 2009.

Thanks for the photograph Mark.
Roger Lane thinks it probably swam up from Gull Rock....Nare Head ..where he thinks they still breed.