02/20/2024

 

One of the flocks of west bound Pintail this morning

07.45-10.00 with RW & OL.    Wind SW 3, Temp 7° Cloudy with poor visibility at times.

Brent Goose: 11E       1W

Gadwall: 5W

Pintail: 116W

Common Scoter: 5E    2W

Great-crested Grebe: 6 present

Oystercatcher: 3E

Kittiwake: 74W

Black-headed Gull: Present n/c

Common Gull: Present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 1E

Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c

Lesser Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Guillemot: 126E    9W

Razorbill: 23E     2W

Razorbill/Guillemot: 745E      136W

Red-throated Diver: 268E   129W       8 on

Fulmar: 1W         1E

Gannet: 165E    

Cormorant: Present n/c

The nearest I've come to finding a white winger so far this winter

White-tailed Eagle (G542) from my garden at lunchtime. Although it is part of the re-introduction scheme it is still a magnificent bird. Many thanks to Alan Cooper and Bernard Boothroyd for getting the news out so quickly.

Adult Polish Caspian Gull P:64K at the fishing boats this afternoon

The Divers were still on Burrowes today but generally very quiet. The Glossy Ibis is still being very elusive. 4 Cattle egrets were around Cockles bridge today and the usual Swans were out on Walland Marsh.

Sanderling at the fishing boats this afternoon