A thoroughly grey mornings a a bird sea watch if you like the same few species.
08.00-10.00 with RW Wind NE 3, Drizzle, Temp 3°
Wigeon: 3E
Common Scoter: 4E
Great-crested Grebe: 206E
Kittiwake: 2E
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Common Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 2 present
Sandwich Tern: 1E
Guillemot: 36E
Razorbill: 42E
Auk sp: 1,372E 79W
Red-throated Diver: 748E 6W
Gannet: 217E
Cormorant: c3,500 present
On Burrowes today the Great Northern and Black-throated Divers still present, along with a handful of Goldeneye. Egret numbers are very low at the moment the peninsula but all 3 species can be found with little diligence. There appears to be only a single Glossy Ibis around at the moment which is very difficult to catch up with. Boulderwall fields is hosting plenty of feral geese including 17+ Barnacle Geese, surely all these feral geese will attract some some wild grey geese. On Walland Bewick and Whooper Swans can both be found, though the former is much more difficult at the moment. Fieldfares are plentiful at the moment with small numbers of Redwing and even smaller numbers of Song Thrush. The undoubted highlight today with the discovery late afternoon by Graham and Nicky of 2 Tundra Bean Geese at the Brookland end of Walland, viewed from the junction of Beacon Lane and Clubbs Lane both very narrow.
Tundra Bean Geese with a Bewick Swans
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