GORING GAP: A brief morning visit produced four
Shovelers, three
Red-throated Divers, eight
Red-breasted Mergansers and nine
Great Crested Grebes at sea. Two
Curlews headed east and a count of waders on the rising tide revealed a
Redshank, 29
Oystercatchers, 23
Grey Plovers, 50
Dunlin, three
Sanderlings, 15
Turnstones and three
Ringed Plovers. A
Snipe flew from the rough field and an adult
Mediterranean Gull was feeding along the shore. Passerines included two
Stonechats, eight
Meadow Pipits and four
Skylarks.
DKC
Five Common Scoters were offshore and three Stonechats noted. GDM
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| Shovelers at Goring Gap |
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| Jay at Goring Gap |
