Tuesday, 1 December 2020

01/12/2020

A busy sea watch this morning with some interesting sightings. The highlight being 3 Greater White-fronted Geese a species rarely encountered on a sea watch here, also 3 each of December Sandwich Terns and Bonxie.
07.30-09.30 from the fishing boats with AJG, CT, OL and SP who kindly kept the log:
Brent Goose: 2W  1E
Greater White-fronted Goose: 2W    1E
Shelduck: 6W   6E
Teal: 1E
Common Scoter: 88E     4o/s
Red-breasted Merganser: 2W
Red-throated Diver: 128E      4 o/s
Great-crested Grebe: 15E      5 o/s
Gannet: 774W
Merlin: 3 hunting over the beach
Cormorant: present n/c
Oystercatcher: 5E
Lapwing: 1 in off
Turnstone: 4 on Beach
Kittiwake: 11W   298W
Black-headed Gull: 260E
Mediterranean Gull: 1E
Common Gull: 42E
Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Sandwich Tern: 3W
Great Skua: 3E
Guillemot: 1W      177E      1 o/s
Razorbill: 5E
Auk sp: 32W      304E    3 o/s
Pied Wagtail: 1W
Grey Seal: 1
The 3 Bewick Swans were still in the field in front my house today also at least 43 Greater White-fronted Geese there with 100s of Greylags and Canada's.
Long-tailed Duck at Scotney this afternoon
I spent this afternoon wandering around the back of Scotney, the Long-tailed Duck was still present as was the Scaup which was very unobliging by hiding at the back of the lake sleeping among the Pochards. 2 Great White Egrets were seen as were 2 Common Buzzards, a Marsh Harrier, a Raven, a Peregrine, a Green Sandpiper and the Blue phase Snow Goose in with a flock of 200+ Greylags. At least 2,000 Lapwings and a 1,000 Golden plover were in the fields but never allowed scrutiny for something else among them, although it was a sunny afternoon, the low winter sun made viewing anything difficult and photography near impossible.
Blue phase Snow Goose at Scotney this afternoon
 

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