Friday 4 November 2016

07.00-11.00 from the fishing boats with SG,MH & DW
Brent Goose: 15E  24W
Shelduck: 3W
Teal: 2E   7W
Wigeon: 20W       5E
Pintail: 1W
Common Scoter: 41E          82W
Great-crested Grebe: 3 around
Red-throated Diver: 2E       19W    1 on
Great Northern Diver: 1E   2W
Manx Shearwater: 1E
Sooty Shearwater: 1E
Gannet: 204E    36W
Cormorant: 32E        157W
Turnstone: 2 around
Kittiwake: 57E       24W
Mediterranean Gull: 54E    13W
Guillemot: 15E   2W       4 on
Razorbill: 9E      2W          2 on
Auk sp: 631E      88W
Starling: 12 in
Harbour Porpoise: 3+
Grey Seal: 1
Late morning crossing the causeway 5 Great White Egrets & 7 Little Egrets lined up waiting for the squadrons of Cormorants to chase fish into the shallows.
 Little Owl at Scotney
Lunchtime at Scotney, the feral Barnacle Geese flock on the sward, the Little Owl on its usual perch, at the back of the farm c1,000 Golden Plover, less welcome c1,000 Greylag Geese, c200 Canada Geese, 7 Egyptian Geese, also a Great White Egret. 
 Starlings bathing at Scotney
 Guillemot at the fishing boats
As the started I went back to the fishing boats for an hour seeing a few more Auks, Gannets, Kittiwakes and Mediterranean Gulls including 11 on the beach, a couple of Guillemots were feeding on the whitebait close inshore. 
 Mediterranean Gulls on beach by the fishing boats
 1w Caspian Gull from Firth
A tweet from DW who was sheltering in Firth hide saying he had a couple of colour ringed Caspian Gulls in front the hide but was unable to read the rings, gave me a good reason to abandon the fishing boats for the relative comfort of Firth Hide. The colour ringed birds had flown but I did see 2 adult, a slightly oiled 2w bird and 1w bird, also 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, a Goosander, 2 Jack Snipe and 3+ Great White Egrets.  
 Black-tailed Godwit from Firth
2 Jack Snipe in the downpour

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