A thoroughly cold and miserable morning, so I was surprised to find Owen already in the sea watch hide albeit wrapped in a blanket and an umbrella near to hand, as since the felt roof was blown off in the last storm it is nearly as wet inside as it is out.
07.15-09.45 from the sea watch hide with OL, AJG & SO
Wigeon: 2W
Common Scoter: 4W 1E
Red-breasted Merganser: 4W
Red-throated Diver: 1W 1E
Great-crested Grebe: 7E
Gannet: 64W 37E
Cormorant: c1,400 into Rye Bay (at least 2,000 on Burrowes this afternoon)
Lapwing: 1 out (being hunted by the 2 Peregrines which it evaded with some spectacular aerobatics)
Peregrine: 2 o/s
Arctic Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 108W 17E
Mediterranean Gull: 1E
Sandwich Tern: 5W
Guillemot: 3W 1E
Razorbill: 2W
Auk sp: 52W 19E
Grey Seal: 1
A look around the bushes on The Point found nothing notable.
At Scotney I was unable to relocate the Long-tailed Duck found earlier by Owen, the usual feral Geese were present along with c200 Golden Plover, 3 Ruff and c200 Lapwing.
On Burrowes this afternoon 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls of note. Also on the islands a regular Lesser Black-backed Gull bearing a red ring marked SHB which was ringed in Suffolk, also 2 Norwegian ringed Great Black-backed Gulls.
Yesterday I went to Copt Point where I read 36 Mediterranean Gull rings, mainly French and Belgian but also 2 from Hungary, 3 From Germany, 1 from the UK and PTA2 from Poland whose life history is above. Double click on image to enlarge.
07.15-09.45 from the sea watch hide with OL, AJG & SO
Wigeon: 2W
Common Scoter: 4W 1E
Red-breasted Merganser: 4W
Red-throated Diver: 1W 1E
Great-crested Grebe: 7E
Gannet: 64W 37E
Cormorant: c1,400 into Rye Bay (at least 2,000 on Burrowes this afternoon)
Lapwing: 1 out (being hunted by the 2 Peregrines which it evaded with some spectacular aerobatics)
Peregrine: 2 o/s
Arctic Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 108W 17E
Mediterranean Gull: 1E
Sandwich Tern: 5W
Guillemot: 3W 1E
Razorbill: 2W
Auk sp: 52W 19E
Grey Seal: 1
A look around the bushes on The Point found nothing notable.
At Scotney I was unable to relocate the Long-tailed Duck found earlier by Owen, the usual feral Geese were present along with c200 Golden Plover, 3 Ruff and c200 Lapwing.
On Burrowes this afternoon 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls of note. Also on the islands a regular Lesser Black-backed Gull bearing a red ring marked SHB which was ringed in Suffolk, also 2 Norwegian ringed Great Black-backed Gulls.
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