A New Year sea watch from the fishing boats with AJG today was prematurely curtailed due to the thoroughly miserable conditions:
08.20-09.10
Wigeon: 2 down
Common Scoter: 4 down
Velvet Scoter: 1 down
Red-throated Diver: 83 down
Great-crested Grebe: 6 down
Fulmar: 15 down
Gannet: 74 down
Cormorant: c300 around
Caspian Gull: regular 1w bird
Kittiwake: 202 down
Guillemot: 358 down
Razorbill: 4 down
Around Walland I managed to locate 10+ distant Bewick Swans ( apparently there was16 per NB), apart from a flock of c50 Fieldfare and anther of c50 Linnets very little else was seen there.
After lunch when I had dried out, a visit to the reserve saw the 1w Glaucous Gull come in to bathe and roost twice, also the regular 1w Caspian Gull came in for a while before heading off towards Dengemarsh. There was no sign of the 3w Iceland gull this afternoon, though the Gulls were still coming in to roost when I left in the near darkness. 2 Ravens and a Peregrine were seen from Makepiece, but once again the Long-eared Owl wasn't seen probably due to the poor weather.
Still no Smew at Dungeness nor any wild Geese, so my chances of bettering my 2017 total of 229 species on the peninsula already looks in doubt.
08.20-09.10
Wigeon: 2 down
Common Scoter: 4 down
Velvet Scoter: 1 down
Red-throated Diver: 83 down
Great-crested Grebe: 6 down
Fulmar: 15 down
Gannet: 74 down
Cormorant: c300 around
Caspian Gull: regular 1w bird
Kittiwake: 202 down
Guillemot: 358 down
Razorbill: 4 down
Around Walland I managed to locate 10+ distant Bewick Swans ( apparently there was16 per NB), apart from a flock of c50 Fieldfare and anther of c50 Linnets very little else was seen there.
After lunch when I had dried out, a visit to the reserve saw the 1w Glaucous Gull come in to bathe and roost twice, also the regular 1w Caspian Gull came in for a while before heading off towards Dengemarsh. There was no sign of the 3w Iceland gull this afternoon, though the Gulls were still coming in to roost when I left in the near darkness. 2 Ravens and a Peregrine were seen from Makepiece, but once again the Long-eared Owl wasn't seen probably due to the poor weather.
Still no Smew at Dungeness nor any wild Geese, so my chances of bettering my 2017 total of 229 species on the peninsula already looks in doubt.
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