Sunday 12th May - Pett Level

A quick visit to Pett Level after checking out next weekends trip to France I stopped off on the sea wall just before lunch with very little to report on the pools, beach, and sea other than 60 Turnstone on the waters edge. A walk along the canal found Common and 1 Lesser Whitethroat plus numerous Reed and and then Sedge Warblers. At Carters 17 Avocet and 4 Bar-tailed Godwit were in the water. Along the levels 100+ Swift plus Swallow and House Martins. At the scrape on opening the flap a drake Garganey took off.

 It landed a distance away near to a Mallard giving a proportion of size. Later another came closer to the hide but I was looking into the light.

Dipping  around with the Common Terns a 1st. Winter Little Gull (my first of the year) was at the back of the scrape.

Not bad for an hours birding.