Friday, 4 October 2019

Friday 04/10/19

08.00-09.00 from the sea watch hide with RB & BB:
Brent Goose: 25W
Common Scoter: 2W   7E
Red-throated Diver: 2W    1E
Great-crested Grebe: 1 around
Gannet: 84W    23E
Cormorant: 21 around
Great Skua: 1W
Arctic Skua: 3W     1E
Sandwich Tern: 39W
Auk sp: 4W
Swallow: 63 out
Meadow Pipit: 14 out
Pied Wagtail: 2 out
Harbour Porpoise: 1
 Little Gulls at the ARC
Mid morning from Hanson 3 Little Gulls, 3 Cattle Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets, a Garganey, a Goldeneye, a single Golden Plover, 4 Dunlin, 100s of Swallows and House Martins, 2 Marsh Harriers and several calling Water Rails of note.

 Great White Egret from Hanson this morning eating tiddlers


Cattle Egrets from Hanson this morning
A check of the Gull roost by the entrance track to the VC found an adult Yellow-legged Gull.
14.00-15.00 from the fishing boats with AJG. BB & RB:
Brent Goose: 39W
Mallard: 1W
Common Scoter: 1W
Great-crested Grebe: 4 around
Red-throated diver: 1E
Gannet: 32W
Turnstone: 2 around
Great Skua: 2W
Arctic Skua: 1W    2 around
Mediterranean Gull: 5E
Sandwich Tern: 42W    18E
Razorbill: 1W
Swallow: 6 out
Late afternoon at Scotney, a Curlew and a Redshank on the sward with all the usual feral Geese, a few each of Swallow and House Martin over the lakes but generally very quiet avian wise.

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