Wednesday 17 August 2022

17/08/2022

 This mornings sea watch was again very meagre. A single Fulmar west was the highlight, c60 Sandwich Terns feeding off shore, 23 Gannets East, 4 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls west and 2 Harbour Porpoises, 24 Common Terns were feeding over The Patch which was just about rippling the surface. Hopefully soon the Shearwaters, Skuas and Terns will start to appear.
The White Stork has again spent most of the day around Lade Pits.
Common Redstart at the observatory courtesy of Jacob
Around the trapping area small numbers of the common warblers and not much else.
Yellow Wagtail Lydd Fields
At the ARC from Hanson this evening despite all the disturbance from the on going works to the islands, Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Knot, 2 Ruff, Common and Green Sandpipers, Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers, Dunlin, Garganey, Bittern, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Glossy Ibis and the usual wildfowl were seen. The White Stork is again roosting at Lade Pits.
Black-headed Gull X93J roosting in front of Hanson

Life History of Black-headed Gull X93J

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