Wednesday, 3 January 2024

03/01/2023

 
One of this mornings 1w Caspian Gulls feeding on the huge amounts of shellfish being washed up

08.15-10.0 with RW, OL & JY
Wind WSW 6, Temp  9° Showers
Brent Goose: 2W
Great-crested Grebe: 3W      1E
Kittiwake: 138W      
Black-headed Gull: present
Little Gull: 1 present  (juvenile)
Mediterranean Gull: 1W 
Common Gull: present
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Herring Gull: present
Caspian Gull: 2 present both 1w
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present
Guillemot: 48W     
Razorbill: 3W     
Auk sp: 57W     12E    
Red-throated Diver: 166W    2E
Fulmar: 8W
Gannet: 282W 
Cormorant: present

The Great Northern Divers and Black-throated Diver were still on Burrowes today but can be elusive, also 3 Goldeneye present but little else of note.
The Glossy Ibis's were again just about visible from the entrance track looking across the Boulderwall Fields, also Great White Egret there.
10+ Cattle Egrets are still to be seen from the Lydd Airport approach road.
A Dotterel was found by SM on the Sward at Scotney among several 1,000s of Golden Plover and Lapwing, but was soon lost when the skittish flock took flight seemingly for little reason then re-settled which they continued to do all afternoon. I have looked through this flock many times this winter without any luck, looks like I'll have to keep on staring at them and 🤞I'll get lucky.

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