04/12/2025

As you can see a rather uninspiring watch from the hide this morning!

 07.30-08.30 with RW & OL,

Wind SSE 6-7 Temp  8° Rain

Wigeon: 3W

Common Scoter: 2E

Great-crested Grebe: 2W       8E

Kittiwake: 54E     

Black-headed Gull: present

Common Gull: present

Great Black-backed Gull: present

Guillemot: 2W   1E     

Auk sp: 9W     

Red-throated Diver: 10W    19E

Fulmar: 3W

Gannet: 55W    135E

Cormorant: present

Harbour Porpoise: 1 present

When the rain finally stopped a scan of the Greylag Goose flock opposite my house revealed 7 Greater White-fronted Geese, the first from my garden this winter.

7 White-fronted Geese with Greylags in the field opposite my house this afternoon

Highlights of a visit to Hanson Hide this afternoon was a 1w Caspian Gull and 2 colour ringed Black-backed Gulls. At least 5 Great White Egrets were present along with the usual wildfowl, but no sign of the Jack Snipe.

The 5 Bewick Swans were still Swamp Crossing , also 3 Greater White-fronted Geese there, unsurprisingly with such poor weather most of the day nothing else was reported.

1w Caspian Gull with Great Black-backed Gulls and a Coot from Hanson this afternoon

1w Caspian Gull with a Coot and Cormorant from Hanson this afternoon

1w Caspian Gull open winged

Normandy ringed Great Black-backed Gull from Hanson this afternoon

Dutch ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull from Hanson this afternoon