15/03/2023

The first Wheatears of the year arrived on the peninsula today. A Merlin was hunting very nearby.

Brent Geese over the bouy

07.10 - 10.00 & 13.45-15.30 from the hide with OL

Brent Goose: 253E  in 13 parties

Tufted Duck: 13E  (7 + 6)

Common Scoter: 27E

Great-crested Grebe: 52 on  

Egret sp: 1E ou to sea

Oystercatcher: 10E     2W

Kittiwake: 10E

Mediterranean Gull: 2E

Guillemot: 12E    10 on

Auk sp: 40E   

Red-throated Diver: 94E   11W 

Great Northern Diver: 1E

Gannet: 3E     2W 

Cormorant: present n/c

Jackdaw: 1W

Harbour Porpoise: 11

1 of at least 11 Harbour Porpoises offshore today

How times have changed, an hours sky watching from my little balcony for a Red Kite saw 2 Glossy Ibis, 7 Cattle egrets, 3 Great White Egrets, several each of Little Egret and Grey Heron, Ravens, Peregrine, Common Buzzards and Marsh Harriers but no Red Kite.

Cattle Egrets back at Cockles Bridge