14/09/2020

Submarine making its way down channel was probably the highlight of the sea watch

I joined AJG and CP for a very disappointing sea watch at the fishing boats this morning.

06.10-08.10

Common Scoter: 10E     4W

Great-crested Grebe: 2 o/s

Gannet: 37 o/s

Cormorant: 9o/s

Greenshank: 1 heard calling

Turnstone: 9 on beach

Knot: 1W

Dunlin: 4E

Arctic Skua: 3 o/s

Yellow-legged Gull: 1 on beach briefly

Black Tern: 1W

Little Tern: 1 juvenile o/s 

Sandwich Tern: 173W

Common Tern: 4W

Auk sp: 2E

Swallow: 43 out

House Martin: 24 out

Harbour Porpoise: 6+

Grey Seal: 2

Juvenile Little Tern at the fishing boats this morning

1st cal yr Yellow-legged Gull briefly on the beach

Wheatear

A slog around the Desert and Long Pits found a few Wheatears, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps along with the usual Stonechats but little else was seen.

Stonechats in The Desert

Chiffchaff

Glossy Ibis with 3 Great White Egrets and a Little Egret

The Glossy Ibis was still on the ARC this morning along withe flocks of Knot, Golden Plover and Lapwing, 3+ Great White Egrets, 3 Black-necked Grebes and a Hobby of note. At least 3 Cattle egrets still in the hay fields per MH.

A long wander out to Scotney from home this afternoon saw 42 Yellow Wagtails with the cattle on the sward, 8 Tree Sparrows, a few Corn Buntings and 100s of feral geese.

Life history of Great Black-backed Gull 99L seen on the reserve on 08/09/2020