Thursday, 2 March 2023

02/03/2023

A very chilly couple of hours sea watching this morning for scant reward.
07.30 - 10.00 from the sea watch hide: 
Brent Goose: 31E
Shelduck: 1E
Pintail: 3E
Great-crested Grebe: 7E    16 on  
Curlew: 1E
Kittiwake: 10E  
Mediterranean Gull: 1E   Adult
Guillemot: 72E    6 on
Auk sp: 31E   
Red-throated Diver: 144E   2 on 
Fulmar: 7E    
Gannet: 178E   
Cormorant: present n/c
Harbour Porpoise: 3
The Cattle Egrets are still to be found at Cockles Bridge with some Little Egrets. The Bittern/Bitterns are now regularly heard and around Dengemarsh, also the Ibises can often be found here along with 4 Ruff, another White Wagtail was present at Springfield Bridge today.
48 Bewick Swans at Horses Bones Farm today
3 Whooper Swans and at the Black Swan still at Midley today
There were still c300 Fieldfares with a few Redwings at Midley, nearby c200 Golden Plover in the fields.
The 1w drake Scaup now rapidly acquiring adult plumage at Camber




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