Harrier Count!

 Stonechat at Cockle Bridge

First thing this morning as I left home I could see the 2 Whooper Swans still in the rape field with the Mute Swans. As I drove past Green Hop Farm 4 Cattle Egrets were in the adjacent field.

08.30-10.00 from the fishing boats with RW & SO:
Brent Goose: 236E
Red-throated Diver: 188E   9W
Great-crested Grebe: 3 on
Fulmar: 1W
Gannet: 32E    46W
Cormorant: N/C many present
Kittiwake: 16E    28W
Guillemot: c60 on sea  + c100W
Razorbill: c20 on sea + c200W
Auk sp: c150W
Grey Seal: 1
Mid morning from Boulderwall the Black-tailed Godwit still with 17 Curlew, a Great White Egret there along with c150 Wigeon and small numbers of Greylag and Canada Geese. Most of the rest of the day was spent scouring the area for something interesting and failing. A few flocks of Fieldfare and Redwing on Walland with at least 6 Common Buzzards seen.
Late afternoon at a newly discovered Harrier roost 12 Marsh Harriers came in to roost.
On the ranges late afternoon per OL a male Hen Harrier, 3 Short-eared Owls and 2 Barn Owls, I think I'll have make the effort to get out there one day this week if the army stops firing early enough.