Monday, 10 August 2015

Harbour Porpoises!

A quietish day on the peninsular, a few Willow Warblers were in the trapping area and a Kingfisher flashed along the southern Long Pit. AJG had 8 Balearic Shearwaters from the sea watch hide early morning while I was emptying the moth trap. In 2 sea watches from the fishing boats 10.20-11.20 & 13.15-15.45 with AJG and MH.
Common Scoter: 3E
Great-crested Grebe: 5 around
Gannet: 2E   30W
Cormorant: 9 around
Oystercatcher: 1E 
Yellow-legged Gull: 2 juveniles around
Kittiwake: 4W
Black Tern: 10W
Sandwich Tern: 23W
Common Tern: 107W
Sand Martin: 24 out
Harbour Porpoise: 8+
Grey Seal: 1
A lunch time visit to the ARC found Wood, Green and Common Sandpipers, 5  LRPs, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Red-crested Pochards, a juvenile Black Tern, Water Rail, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Willow, Reed, Sedge and Cetti's Warblers also Common and Lesser Whitethroats and more. Not  bad haul for a half hour visit. 
 Some of the Harbour Porpoises seemed quite playful, it is not often I see their faces. 
 A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull
 Leopard Moth a first for the Plodland trap this morning
Grey/Dark Dagger a very smrt moth

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