Thursday 3 November 2016

Common Redpolls!

07.40-09.10 from The Point with SG and MH
Brent Goose: 34E       169W
Shelduck: 4E             4W
Pintail: 11W
Wigeon: 109W
Teal: 3W
Common Scoter: 45E       78W
Red-breasted Merganser: 1E    2W
Great-crested Grebe: 5W
Red-throated Diver: 3E     4W     1on
Great Northern Diver: 1E
Gannet: 45E
Cormorant: present n/c
Oystercatcher: 3E
Turnstone: 1 on beach
Kittiwake: 9 around
Mediterranean Gull: 4 around
Auk sp: 20E    27W
Alba Wagtail: 4 in
Meadow Pipit: 1 in
Goldfinch: 12E
Linnet: 2 over
Chaffinch: 1 over
Harbour Porpoise: 2+
Our sea watch was cut short by a call from DW to say he had caught a Common Redpoll. 
 Common Redpolls
 Common Redpolls

 Common Redpoll in The Moat
Little Auk at The Patch
As I was leaving the Observatory PT called with news that he found a Little Auk at The Patch, minutes later I arrived with Auk still present but always distant, it eventually drifted east along the scum line. Also there another 31 Brent Geese passed west.
Early afternoon at the ARC from Hanson, a Bittern flew to the tower pits, a Water Rail in the reeds in front the hide, the usual wildfowl, a Marsh Harrier and a Great White Egret. In the Willow Trail a Cetti's Warbler, a Chiffchaff and a Goldcrest.
As I was leaving the hide a message from AK about the return of the Cattle Egret which was  still performing when I arrived a couple of minutes later.
 Cattle Egret doing what they do!
Cattle Egret
I joined some locals at The Point this afternoon unfortunately after most of the movement had occurred.
14.20-15.30
Brent Goose: 1E     64W
Common Scoter: 1W
Red-throated Diver: 1E         2W
Sooty Shearwater: 2E
Gannet: c20 around
Dunlin: 2W
Kittiwake: 25+ around
Mediterranean Gull: 12+ around
Guillemot: 34E    2W
Razorbill: 52E      1W  
Auk sp: 346E       7W

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