A not unexpected poor sea watch due to the blasting NE wind and drizzle.
07.50-08.50 from in front the hide:
Shoveler: 2E
Common Scoter: 5W 1E
Red-throated Diver: 3E 1W
Great-crested Grebe: 5 on
Gannet: 73E
Cormorant: present n/c
Oystercatcher: 1E
Dunlin: 8E
Curlew: 1E
Mediterranean Gull: 1E (2w) 1W (ad)
Sandwich Tern: 3E
Guillemot: 1E
Auk sp: 4W
Harbour Porpoise: 1+
The Short-toed Treecreeper was reportedly still present in the lighthouse garden early morning, but I only gave the garden a cursory look due to the cold wind.
I parked at Springfield Bridge and did a complete circuit of the reserve, not surprisingly I saw very little of note. Cetti's Warblers were singing from all parts of the reserve, the hay fields held Lapwings, Oystercatchers, Shelducks and few feral Geese, but no sign of any Water Pipits. The lakes in general seemed to hold very low numbers of the usual wildfowl, 2 Firecrest were in the Sea Buckthorn between Firth and Makepiece hides, also a Chiffchaff there. A Great white Egret and a Little Egret flew over the entrance track and the usual Marsh Harriers were quartering the fields.
Certainly no sign of one of these beauties today. This one was present in the Gully 2 years ago 03/18
07.50-08.50 from in front the hide:
Shoveler: 2E
Common Scoter: 5W 1E
Red-throated Diver: 3E 1W
Great-crested Grebe: 5 on
Gannet: 73E
Cormorant: present n/c
Oystercatcher: 1E
Dunlin: 8E
Curlew: 1E
Mediterranean Gull: 1E (2w) 1W (ad)
Sandwich Tern: 3E
Guillemot: 1E
Auk sp: 4W
Harbour Porpoise: 1+
The Short-toed Treecreeper was reportedly still present in the lighthouse garden early morning, but I only gave the garden a cursory look due to the cold wind.
I parked at Springfield Bridge and did a complete circuit of the reserve, not surprisingly I saw very little of note. Cetti's Warblers were singing from all parts of the reserve, the hay fields held Lapwings, Oystercatchers, Shelducks and few feral Geese, but no sign of any Water Pipits. The lakes in general seemed to hold very low numbers of the usual wildfowl, 2 Firecrest were in the Sea Buckthorn between Firth and Makepiece hides, also a Chiffchaff there. A Great white Egret and a Little Egret flew over the entrance track and the usual Marsh Harriers were quartering the fields.
A gloomy Dengemarsh Gully
From Springfield Bridge I walked down to the sea and back, 2 Ravens flew over, 2 Firecrests were with 2 Chiffchaffs in the gully with 3 Mute Swans.
What
ReplyDeleteBird man
ReplyDelete