The Glaucous Gull was still in its usual spot this morning with a Yellow-legged gull nearby, on the sea 40+ Great Crested Grebes, 3 Red-throated Divers and a single Common Scoter, off shore a few Gannets and 2+ Harbour Porpoises.
A wander up to and around the pines found 4+ Goldcrests, 1 Chiffchaff, 3+ Cetti's Warblers, 2 Marsh Harriers, a few Siskins overhead and a Crossbill. On the lake all the usual wildfowl but nothing much of note.
On Walland Marsh the 2 Whooper Swans still at Midley with the Mute swan flock, 50+ Fieldfare near Hawthorn Corner, a single Brambling with the Tree Sparrow and Chaffinch flock in the bushes opposite the feeders. While watching them a male Sparrowhawk swooped in taking a Tree Sparrow. Near Tickners Lane another flock of Fieldfare and 2 Buzzards, while there I got news from NB and BB that the Common Crane was back at Scotney. I arrived shortly after to find it had disappeared when flushed by a Buzzard, it was eventually relocated by Neil among the wind turbines and gave distant views in a fly around and on the ground. Looking for the Crane a ringtail Hen Harrier was seen, several hundred each of Golden Plover and Lapwing, a few Skylarks and the feral Barnacle Goose flock.
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