Monday, 18 December 2023

18/12/2023

Great Northern Diver past the fishing boats this afternoon
Although this mornings sea watch was busy in numbers, variety was a little lacking:
Wind SW 5-7, Temp  10° Overcast
08.00-09.30 with RW,

Brent Goose: 1W
Common Scoter: 3W  
Great-crested Grebe: 1E    
Turnstone: 2W
Kittiwake: 56W       
Black-headed Gull: present
Mediterranean Gull: 1W
Common Gull: present
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Herring Gull: present
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present
Guillemot: 175W     
Razorbill: 417W     
Auk sp: 169W     12E
Red-throated Diver: 78W    4E    3 present
Gannet: 464W 
Cormorant: c3,400W into Rye bay
Harbour Porpoise: 2  
Grey Seal: 1
Common Seal: 1
Black-necked Grebe at the Sussex end of Scotney GP today
1w Caspian Gull and a 2w Yellow-legged Gull on Burrowes this afternoon
One of 3 Great Northern Divers and a Black-throated Diver on Burrowes at the moment
Adult Caspian Gull in roost opposite Jarman's today
Summer plumage Black-headed Gull at the fishing boats today
A family of Bewick Swans feeding in what can only be described as a mud hole
Juvenile Bewick Swan with Egyptian Geese in the mud hole
Greylag Geese a in the mud hole

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