Friday, 5 January 2024

05/01/2024

A chilly but reasonable watch this morning.
08.15-09.30 from the hide with RW, OL 
Wind NW 5, Temp  5° Showers
Shoveler: 15W
Common Scoter: 9W
Great-crested Grebe: 1W   
Kittiwake: 9W      
Black-headed Gull: present
Common Gull: present
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Herring Gull: present
Caspian Gull: 1W   2 cal year
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present
Guillemot: 38W     
Razorbill: 24W     
Auk sp: 98W    28E    
Red-throated Diver: 373W   
Gannet: 277W 
Cormorant: present

Bewick Swans flying in to the fields opposite the model flying club on Walland Marsh this morning after being disturbed by shooters.
Some of the 44 Bewick Swans present this morning
A flock of c200 Fieldfare and a few Redwing were at Midley today little else of note. The Divers were still on Burrowes but again little else of note, a ring tail Hen Harrier has been seen at several locations around the peninsula in the last couple of days. All the egrets can still be found with Cattle Egrets preferring the airport approach road fields. The 4 Glossy Ibis are still being elusive being seen mainly in flight around, ARC, Tower Pits, Boulderwall and the Horse Paddocks. I spent another hour staring at 1,000s of Golden plovers on the Scotney sward to no avail, just a few Dunlin among them.
The 4 Whooper Swans 
A Common Buzzard on Walland Marsh this morning


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