24/01/2022

Another cold grey overcast day on the peninsula with just a very light ESE breeze

08.15-10.00 from the sea watch hide:

Brent Goose: 9E

Red-throated Diver: 43E      61W

Great-crested Grebe: 4E     2 on

Gannet: 45E     

Cormorant: Present n/c

Oystercatcher: 3E

Kittiwake: 42E     

Black-headed Gull: present n/c

Common Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c    

Auk sp: 2,450E      1,000+ scattered all over the sea.

Peregrine: 2 males tussling

Black Redstart: 1 around

Grey Wagtail: 1

Grey Seal: 1

Harbour Porpoise: 2

From the hide I could see there were very few Gulls at The Patch but I had to walk down there and check just in case a gem was lurking among them, unsurprisingly there was nothing of note among them, though there were many Razorbills diving around in the boil.

Jack Snipe 

Late morning I joined OL in walk around the trapping area and Long Pits where we found a Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe and 2 Chiffchaffs of note, apart from good numbers of Great and Blue Tits around the feeding station the area was very quiet.

A walk around The Point, fishing boats and containers this afternoon found none of the hoped for Buntings and Larks, just 5 Turnstone and another 19 Red-throated Divers flying into Lade Bay and a Common Seal.

At the ARC viewed from the causeway the red head Smew was still trying to hide among the Pochard, loads of duck there but nothing else notable.

There were still 5 Cattle Egrets showing very nicely at Cockles Bridge, the 2 Glossy Ibis were reported as being in front the visitor centre. As far as I know all the Swans are still insitu.