Friday, 4th July: Another lovely summer's day - pleasantly warm with prolonged sunshine, blue skies, some high fluffy cloud and a fairly light NW breeze.
Elmer Rocks: A lovely day for beach visitors and on my arrival at 07:45hr it was unsurprising to find people already swimming on the high tide and calm sea or settling in for a longer stay. Inevitably, some of the roosting gulls were being pushed around a bit, but without too much of a problem for a persistent birder!
There was little offshore except for Mediterranean Gulls and Sandwich Terns. A fairly accurate estimate of about 80 Meds and a dozen Sandwich was my final tally, with some birds on the shore at Atherington being disturbed by walkers and then eventually settling on the Elmer side. These apart, the only highlight was a sighting of two Dunlin heading west just offshore - an early return date for the species. Behind the beach, the family party of four Linnets was near Poole Place, as were a singing Blackcap, two Greenfinch and eight Goldfinch. I eventually left at 09:45 as the beach began to get busier.
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