Tuesday, 1st July: A very warm day right from the outset, with prolonged sunshine and some high white cloud, but feeling quite muggy in just a light SW breeze, before the wind brought some relief as it gradually increased to force 4 along the coast.
Elmer Rocks: A predictably quiet morning for birding in the calm and very warm (hot!) conditions. There was little to report, with hardly any Mediterranean Gulls about now, perhaps just three or four in a large mixed flock of gulls moving about offshore, whilst a total of six Sandwich Terns were fishing and moving back and forth. Four Little Egrets and a Grey Heron were also feeding along the shoreline on the low tide, before too many walkers and beach-goers were around.
A circuit of the fields behind the beach found at least three Blackcaps present and singing quite frequently, plus two Whitethroats and a Chiffchaff, whilst high up and at distance were at least four Swifts and a Buzzard. Around Poole Place there four Linnets, a couple of Greenfinches, around ten Goldfinches, a Chaffinch, two Green Woodpeckers and four Stock Doves.
