Poh ringed Back-headed Gull still wintering at the fishing boats today
A slight improvement on yesterday!
Wind SW 5, Temp 11° Cloudy with Drizzle
08.00-09.30 with RW, OL
Brent Goose: 9E
Common Scoter: 10W 2E
Red-breasted Merganser: 2W
Great-crested Grebe: 3E 1W
Sanderling: 1W
Kittiwake:136W
Little Gull: 3W (1 juvenile)
Black-headed Gull: present
Mediterranean Gull: 1W
Common Gull: present
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Herring Gull: present
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 6W
Guillemot: 15W 4E
Razorbill: 48W 6E
Auk sp: 58W 23E
Red-throated Diver: 59W 4E 3 present
Fulmar: 5W
Gannet: 207W 41E
Cormorant: c800W
Harbour Porpoise: 1 (first I’ve seen for a few weeks)
Grey Seal: 1
The Scotney Brent goose clearly showing its satellite tracker on its back
A wander along the front of Scotney GP I found that the coloured ringed Brent Goose was still present but it was also sporting a satellite tracker, which I had not spotted before, the bird was very distant until today. Hopefully I will get a reply soon from the group that marked it with a list of its travels. Also at Scotney a spectacular c3,500 Golden Plover, but apart from 4 Dunlin and a Curlew I could find nothing else among them.
A look at the ARC from the Willow trail which is only passable on the boardwalk as the water level has risen and still rising, no islands whatsoever left, the highlight in the trail was confiding Chiffchaff, several Water Rails were calling there. On the reserve the 2 Great Northern Divers and Black-throated Diver on Burrowes from Dennis's Hide continue to entertain visitors, which is just as well because the Firth Fence
and Scott Bus Stop offer absolutely no protection from the rain and wind, as for the Makepiece fiasco😞What were the RSPB thinking! consequently visitor numbers are falling off cliff, less birds of interest are being found, a vicious circle. Without basic weather proof hides visitors will not return, mega expensive all singing all dancing hides like the proposed new Makepiece hide are waste of of money, especially if it is going to be positioned in totally the wrong place, so that only a small part of the lake can be viewed and be dazzled by the sun doing so.
Chiffchaff in the Willow Trail
A brief visit to the fishing boats this afternoon saw another 3w Caspian Gull before the heavens opened for yet another deluge.
3w Caspian Gull by the fishing boats this afternoon
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