Sunday, 17 November 2024

17/11/2024

As the wind was blowing from the NW it was no surprise that the this mornings sea watch was again poor, but if you don't look you will never see.
7.45-09.115 from the Hide.

Great-crested Grebe: 2E      2 present
Sandwich Tern: 13W     2E
Kittiwake: 1W
Black-headed Gull: 7W 
Mediteranean Gull: 1W
Common Gull:  11W
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Auk: 6W   70E   
Red-throated Diver: 2W      
Gannet: 268W           66E
Cormorant:  present n/c 
Harbour Porpoise: 1
Grey Seal: 3
After a late breakfast and some domestic stuff I cycled out to Scotney. A bit too breezy for the local Little Owls to be out and there was 2 Ravens very close by.
Scotney delivered all the usual species including 3 White-fronted Geese and Ring tail Hen Harrier that flew across the road and out onto the ranges. I only found a single Green Sandpiper at the back of the lakes. The monthly Harrier roost count again produced no roosting birds in my chosen reed bed in fact I saw very little at all there. As I got out of my car in the driveway of my house, I heard a familiar call from 2 Whooper Swans and a Bewick's Swan that could just about be made out in the dark heading for the ARC.
There were 3 Greater White-fronted Geese on the Scotney Sward early afternoon
Culew on the sward
A couple of Pintail on the main Scotney Lake. definitely not a daily occurrence

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