Lots of Gulls at The Patch this morning, sadly I was unable to find any Gulls of note. 2 small parties of Red-throated Divers flew east totalling 12 birds but little else.
The 2 Whooper Swans seem to have made there winter home at the southern of the ARC, they seem to be wary of anybody walking along the road to view them, so I usually pull up briefly after 09.00 when the wacky racers are all at work in the power station. From Hanson what is left of the islands were covered by the black plague (100s of Cormorants) There were a few Shoveler, Wigeon and Pintail there, several Water Rails were heard all around the ARC and Tower Pits.
Just a single Cattle Egret at Cockles Bridge today along with a posing Lapwing, the 2 Glossy Ibis were in the horse paddocks.
There were 44 Bewick Swans today on Walland Marsh at Baynham Farm with an impressive 17 juveniles. Nearby in a sheep field a flock of c50 Common Snipe, Thrush numbers on Walland today seem to be down on recent visits. The only Geese on the sward at Scotney were injured birds, I presume the main flock must have been at the back of the lakes.
This afternoon the Green-winged Teal finally showed itself to me in decent light and reasonably close, all my other sightings of this bird has been in dismal light and usually distant.
A 2w and 1w Caspian Gull came into the roost on Burrowes this afternoon
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