21/11/2024

Just shy of 500 Kittiwakes went East as we were watching today

3 of the 4 Sandwich terns feeding off the fishing boats this afternoon

A bitterly cold day around the Peninsula, the sea watch showed promise but the rain moved in.

It was probably just a coincidence that while we were sea watching from the hide this morning, a small duck with a pale belly caught my eye fairly close in, I tried to adjust myself to get a better view but alas it had already gone past, I said to Owen and Richard that I think a Long-tailed Duck has gone through then forgot about it, until and hour later where Graham found a Juvenile Long-tailed Duck on Burrowes, unfortunately the bird had gone by the time arrived, but he showed me his image which reinforced my belief it was the same bird that went past the hide. 

07.50-10.10 & 14.00-15.00 with RW & OL

Brent Goose: 18W      3E
Mallard: 1 in off

Shoveler: 1W
Wigeon: 8W
Teal: 28W
Eider: 1W  (drake)
Common Scoter: 49W    4E
Great-crested Grebe: 12E    3 present
Oystercatcher: 6E       8 present
Sandwich Tern: 5 present
Kittiwake: 494E
Black-headed Gull:  present n/c 
Mediterranean Gull: 42E
Common Gull:  present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Guillemot: 1E    1W
Razorbill: 2E
Auk: 165E      15W  
Red-throated Diver: 46E    16W        5on    
Gannet: 374E    17W
Cormorant: present n/c
Raven: 1 present
Harbour Porpoise: 3
Common Seal: 2
Grey Seal: 3

Sandwich Tern

                                                   Slavonian and 2 Black-necked Grebes on Burrowes

Slavonian and Black-necked Grebe

Black-necked Grebe

1w Caspian gull on Burrowes, 1 of 5 Caspian Gull present there today

A Ring-tail Hen Harrier disappearing towards the Hay fields