29/01/2024

Once again lots of birds off shore but very poor variety and little sign of migration.

08.00-09.00.  Wind SSW 3, Temp 8° Cloudy with fog

Brent Goose: 24E

Common Scoter: 2E

Great-crested Grebe: 3 present

Dunlin: 4W

Kittiwake: 4W

Black-headed Gull: Present n/c

Common Gull: Present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 2W

Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c

Lesser Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Guillemot: 17W

Razorbill: 41W

Razorbill/Guillemot: 770W

Red-throated Diver: 426W       5E 

Fulmar: 2E

Gannet: 15W    

Cormorant: Present n/c

Harbour Porpoise: 1

When I came home from the sea watch the Pink-footed Geese were were feeding in the field in front my house. A from the garden year tick.

3 each of Cattle Egret and Little Egret were in the Cockles Bridge triangle, also 2 Fieldfare the first for the year on the peninsula for me. A Glossy Ibis flew over the road and disappeared into the private fishing lakes. A wander around the ARC was disappointingly quiet. On Burrowes The Divers were reported as still present. On Walland the Bewick Swan Herd was again in the field at the junction of Beacon Lane and Clubbs Lane.

2cy Caspian Gull

This afternoon at the fishing boatsin the company of DW, CG, MW & RS at least 4 Caspian Gulls, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls and an Argentatus Herring Gull were among the throng of Gulls feeding on the churned up shellfish. 90 Brent Geese flew East along with 9 Common Scoter, Plenty of Auks were tooing and froing offshore.

2cy Caspian Gull

2cy Caspian Gull

2cy Caspian Gull

Northern Argentatus Herring Gull