26/01/2022

 07.45-09.45 from the hide with RW,

Shelduck: 2W

Wigeon: 4E

Common Scoter: 6E

Red-throated Diver: 54E     138W

Great-crested Grebe: 4E    13W   2 on

Fulmar: 1W

Gannet: 21E      47W     

Cormorant: Present n/c

Oystercatcher: 6E

Kittiwake: 17E      9W     

Black-headed Gull: present n/c

Common Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c 

Guillemot: 98E           37W

Razorbill: 253E.        149W   

Auk sp: 1,345E      137W

Black Redstart: 1 present

Grey Seal: 2

Common Seal: 1

Harbour Porpoise: 2

Another cold, overcast and generally dismal day on the Peninsula. The Herons are still frequenting their usual haunts, as are the wild Swans. The 50+ Whitefronts are still in the fields at the back of Scotney in East Sussex per CT. A change in the weather is required to stir things up. 

Bewick's, Whooper and Mute Swans at Baynham Farm

Kingfisher on the RMC thanks to DG for the tip off 

Yesterday I spent most the day wandering around Orlestone Forest, despite the overcast conditions I saw the first Nuthatch and Coal Tits I've seen in the UK for a few years, I must get off the shingle more often, also Goldcrest and Treecreeper, Ive seen more Short-toed Treecreepers on the shingle than Treecreeper. What really surprised me about the forest was numbers of Grey Squirrels, every bit of movement that caught the eye turned out to be a Squirrels. I will make the effort to go there more often.