Thursday, 16 March 2023

16/03/2023

Brent Geese passing today
The sea watching is gradually improving, with my first Velvet Scoters and Little Gulls of the year.
06.30 - 10.00 & 13.30-15.30 from the hide withCP, OL, PE, RW, MH
Brent Goose: 1,999E  in 33 parties 
Shelduck: 8E
Shoveler: 2E     3W
Teal: 21E  
Pochard: 3E  (all drakes)
Common Scoter: 184E        13W
Velvet Scoter: 2E
Red-breasted Merganser: 4W (all drakes)
Great-crested Grebe: 79E    110 on  
Oystercatcher: 4E
Curlew: 8E
Kittiwake: 51E
Little Gull: 19E
Mediterranean Gull: 15E
Sandwich Tern: 41E
Guillemot: 211E     3W
Auk sp: 250E   
Red-throated Diver: 163E  19W     1 on 
Fulmar: 6E   1W 
Gannet: 107E      7W  
Cormorant: present n/c
Wood Pigeon: 1E in off
Carrion Crow: 1E in off
Harbour Porpoise: 3
No reports of any Wheatears or Swallows on the peninsula today, 11 Cattle Egrets were seen by the airport road today by CP, the Glossy Ibises are still around, as are a couple of Dartford Warblers but very little else migrant wise.
The lone Greater White-fronted Goose is still hanging around

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