The 2nd calendar year Iceland Gull at The Patch
Enjoying a bank holiday day out on the beach😂
Another meagre sea watch today, I can't honestly see it improving anytime soon, but I guess I'll be back there again in the morning.
06:30-08:30 with AJG, CP, RW
Common Scoter: 45E
Red-breasted Merganser: 3E 1 drake
Red-throated Diver: 16E 5W
Fulmar: 4E
Great-crested Grebe: 5E 36 on
Gannet: 231E
Cormorant: 106E 37W
Oystercatcher: 7E
Ruff: 1E
Kittiwake: 1E
Iceland Gull: 1 (regular bird at The Patch)
Sandwich Tern: 129E
Guillemot: 3E 1 on
Auk sp: 17E 9W
Alba Wagtail: 1 in
Harbour Porpoise: 6
Garganey on hay field 1this afternoon
Up to 18 Garganey have been on Dengemarsh for the last 3 days, though I only saw 6 today. The Bitterns have been quite vocal despite weather, as have Bearded Tits, Cetti's and Sedge Warblers. A mixed flock of
Swallows and Sand Martins numbering c50 birds were at seaward end of the New Diggings today, also odd Swallows dotted around the reserve. The Glossy Ibis was at Cooks Pool again today, also at least 6 White Wagtails there with the usual Curlew and wildfowl. Burrowes was very poor avian wise being blasted by the NE wind, in sheltered fields the odd Ruff could be found along with some Yellow Wagtails and at least 10 White Wagtails around the hay fields. At Springfield a Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail which was presumably the big same bird I saw briefly late yesterday afternoon, it showed a little better today but was still quite distant.
Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail at Springfield Bridge
No comments:
Post a Comment