Friday, 31 March 2023

31/04/2023

The sea watch hide was unsurprisingly rocking this morning in the force 8-10 SSW gale, add to that bands of heavy rain limiting visibility to a few hundred meters, it was no surprise that little was moving out at sea. 
07.45 - 10.00 from the hide with RW 
Brent: 77E    
Common Scoter: 395E     2W
Great-crested Grebe: 2E 
Curlew: 2E
Kittiwake: 1W
Mediterranean Gull: 1E       
Arctic Skua: 1E
Sandwich Tern: 19E  
Guillemot: 45E
Red-throated Diver: 3E  
Fulmar: 9E    2W
Gannet: 294E    12W  
Harbour Porpoise:2
1 of 20+ Sand Martins at the ARC late morning
Goldeneye from Hanson today

2 Common Terns at Burrowes late morning
Single adult Little Gull at Burrowes today

The Ibises were again in the pools by Boulderwall Farm. The Cattle Egrets were in the fields around the horse paddocks.
A Norwegian ringed 2nd calendar year Great Black-backed Gull
 

4 comments:

  1. There are lots of spring birds at dunge now.

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  2. 2 alpine swifts were flying over the sea

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  3. Spring birds are beginning to appear, another 3 weeks and there will be hopefully lots.

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