AJG & RW sea watch this morning and kindly sent me there sightings:
07.00-09.00 from the fishing boats
Brent Goose: 91W 22E
Wigeon: 30W 40E
Common Scoter: 7W 8E
Red-throated diver: 4 around
Great-crested Grebe: 4 around
Gannet: 58W c75 feeding offshore
Cormorant: 13E
Merlin: 2 around
Oystercatcher: 4E
Kittiwake: 18W
Sandwich Tern: 3E
Great Skua: 1W
Guillemot: 5 around
Razorbill: 1W 4 around
Swallow: 3 out
Pied Wagtail: 7 on beach
Meadow Pipit: 17 over
Goldfinch: 33 over
Starling: 200 in
Grey Seal: 2 around
I walked around the bushes which were fairly quiet though at least 50 Chiffchaffs and a few Blackcaps were seen or heard, 40+ each of Brambling and Siskin flew NW, sadly Thrushes were or less absent just a handful each of Redwing, Blackbird and Song Thrush. The star was the Bittern that OL spotted sunning itself in the Sallows.
Bittern sunning itself high in the Sallows at the Long Pits this morning
Blackcap in the trapping area
Long-tailed Tit in the trapping area
13.00-15.45 from the fishing boats:
With AJG, RW, OL
Brent Goose: 64W 14E
Wigeon: 2W
Teal: 7W
Red-throated Diver: 4E 2W 4 on
Great-crested Grebe: 5 on
Sooty Shearwater: 1E
Gannet: 48W c50 feeding o/s
Cormorant: 9 on
Kittiwake: c150 around
Mediterranean Gull: 66W
Sandwich Tern: 6 around
Guillemot: 11 on
Razorbill: 56 on
Auk sp: 16W 2E
Yellow Wagtail: 1 over
Rock Pipit: 2 over
Grey Seal; 1
Harbour porpoise: 4+
Late afternoon at the reserve still at least 4 Cattle Egrets around, 500+ Golden Plover, 3 Dunlin and a Goldeneye of note.
Glossy Ibis's at the ARC yesterday
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