17/02/2025

A very cold and a very poor watch this morning.

07.35-09.00 from the hide with JS,RW, OL  
E 3-4    2º    
Brent Goose: 12E
Common Scoter: 2E  
Great-crested Grebe: 5 on  
Oystercatcher: 9E
Ringed Plover: 1E
Kittiwake: 6E
Black-headed Gull: 16E
Common Gull:  27E
Herring Gull: Present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c
Guillemot: 3E
Auk sp: 102E  
Red-throated Diver: 39E     9W 
Gannet: 23E   2W 
Cormorant: 27E       24W
Harbour Porpoise: 2 

There were 3 Cattle Egrets in the Cockles Bridge triangle when I went home for breakfast

The female Smew was on the ARC this morning per JY but it sucessfully avoided me, a coule of hours of thermalling drew a blank as well. The Long-tailed Duck was still on the New Diggings , as usual it kept its distance,

The Black-necked Grebe was still present on Denge Marsh this afternoon

Some of the 15 Bewick Swans left on Walland Marsh, I assume the rest have started their return journey.