25/02/2025

Black Redstart behind the hide this morning

07.45-09.00 from the hide with RW, OL 

WSW 2-3   10º    Very uninspiring!

Brent Goose: 31E  (4 flocks)      1W

Common Scoter: 12E     8W  

Oystercatcher: 4E     

Black-headed Gull: Present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 1E  5W

Common Gull:  Present n/c

Herring Gull: Present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Guillemot: 1E     

Auk sp: 2E

Red-throated Diver: 32W      5E

Gannet: 7E 

Cormorant: Present n/c

Black Redstart: 1 ringed male behind hide 

I spent some time with JY counting Common Snipe with aid of our Thermal Imagers, we found 20+ Common Snipe and 2 Jack Snipe, we would never have found the latter without using the Thermal Imagers, we also had a couple of Russian White-fronted Geese fly over and found 10+ Great-crested Newts.

Uncropped image of the first Jack Snipe

Cropped image of the first Jack Snipe

Uncropped image of a second Jack Snipe

Cropped image of the second Jack Snipe at a slightly different angle

Great-crested Newts

2 of the 3 Cattle Egrets in the Cockles Bridge Triangle

Barn Owl by Hanson Hide this morning

The female Smew was again on the ARC today and the Long-tailed Duck was still on the New Diggings

Blue Tits were going in and out of the nest hole they used last year on the side of Hanson Hide today

A Tree Sparrow nearby