A thoroughly miserable morning with strong winds and heavy rain made me decide to wimp out and stay warm indoors, however Mark is made of tougher stuff and braved the wind and rain at the fishing boats below are his sightings.
08.00-09.30
Brent Goose: 11 up
Red-breasted Merganser: 2 down
Red-throated Diver: 4 down
Great-crested Grebe: 5+ around
Fulmar: 3 down
Kittiwake: 18 down
Guillemot: 2265 down
1w Caspian Gull by the Fishing Boats
I eventually made it to the fishing boats at lunch time where the regular 1w Caspian Gull immediately appeared as soon as I through some bread but no sign of the 1w Glaucous Gull.
1w Caspian Gull by the Fishing Boats
1w Caspian Gull by the Fishing Boats
1w Caspian Gull by the Fishing Boats
The reserve was very quiet, in 2 visits a few Tree Sparrows were around the Boulderwall feeders, from the entrance track 20+ Curlew, 100+ Golden Plover, a Ruff, Great White Egret, many Wigeon, plenty of feral Geese, Common Buzzard and 2 Marsh Harriers.
On Burrowes100s of Shoveler with smaller numbers of Teal, Pochard and Tufted Duck but no Goosander and still no Smew. Grebes were represented by Great-crested and Little Grebes. The 2 Long-eared Owls were just about visible behind the Dipping Pool if you knew exactly where to look.
a 3w & 2w Caspian Gull came into the roost late afternoon in front of Firth. The biggest surprise was an Avocet that dropped in for a couple of minutes.
2w Caspian Gull late afternoon from Firth taken at iso 6400!
3w Caspian Gull from Firth late afternoon taken at iso 6400!
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