Wednesday 06/11/2019

A rare day of no wind on the peninsular today produced little of note.
07.00-09.00 from the sea watch hide RW and AJG who collated the numbers:
Brent Goose: 11W
Common Scoter: 19W
Red-throated Diver: 5W
Gannet: 64W
Great Skua: 1W
Arctic Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 72W
Little Gull: 2W  + 1x1w at The Patch
Sandwich Tern: 1W
Razorbill: 12W
Auk sp: 151W
The undoubted highlight of the day was a Great White Egret that appeared to have come in off the sea and landed in a flooded part of The Desert, it stayed for a couple of minutes before presumably realising that there was no food to found there and flew off north, it is as far as I know the first one to landed in The desert.

 1 of 3 Great-spotted Woodpeckers seen around The Moat this morning

The bushes around The Point were very quiet with just the odd Goldcrest, Firecrest and Chiffchaff, still plenty of Robins and Blackbirds and 3 Great-spotted Woodpeckers. A Brown Hare was in The Desert. The Shorelark was seen early morning by OL but not seen again by dusk.
At Scotney all the usual feral Geese, c500 Golden Plover, 2 Redshank and the Black-necked Grebe still present from the double bends.
A distinct lack of Thrushes on Walland Marsh at the moment despite there being plenty of Hawthorn berries, 4 Yellowhammers by the model airfield, 2 Marsh Harriers and 5 Common Buzzards were noted.
13.45-15.15 from the fishing boats:
Brent Goose: 7W      4E
Wigeon: 5W
Common Scoter: 5W
Goosander: 1W  (female)
Red-throated Diver: 6W     2 o/s
Great-crested Grebe: 9 o/s
Gannet: 96W
Cormorant: present n/c
Turnstone: 1 on beach
Kittiwake: 255W
Mediterranean Gull 2W
Sandwich Tern: 11W
Guillemot: 2W
Razorbill: 1W   9 o/s
Auk sp: 108W
Grey Seal: 3
Harbour Porpoise: 4