27/01/2025

A partially leucistic Herring Gull

A  blustery SW wind force 6 gusting 8,   9º and mainly dry.

07.40-09.30 joined by RW & OL

Brent Goose: 10E

Common Scoter: 6W

Red-breasted Merganser: 1W drake

Great-crested Grebe: 2 present

Kittiwake: 159W      22E

Black-headed Gull: Present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 2E

Common Gull:  Present n/c

Herring Gull: Present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: 41W

Lesser Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Guillemot: 2E    4W

Auk sp: 58E     74W

Red-throated Diver: 65W

Fulmar: 8W    2E

Gannet: 445W      37E   

Cormorant: Present n/c

Grey Seal: 1

5 Russian White-fronted Geese viewed from Cockles Bridge this morning

There was no sign of the Pinkfeet or Tundra Bean Geese at Dengemarsh, Boulderwall or Scotney, even Greylags were hard to find today.

Another sea watch this afternoon from the hide with RW in even more blustery conditions.

14.00-15.20

Kittiwake: 97W     

Black-headed Gull: 100s present

Mediterranean Gull: 2W

Common Gull:  100s present

Herring Gull: 1,000+ present

Caspian Gull: 3W. 2 x 1w + a 2w

Great Black-backed Gull: 37W

Lesser Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Guillemot: 3E   

Auk sp: 17E     12W

Red-throated Diver: 3W

Fulmar: 3W

Gannet: 59W      11E   

Cormorant: Present n/c

Grey Seal: 1

The wind picked up to force 9 this afternoon with 1,000s of Gulls feeding on the Shellfish ripped from the sea bed by the stormy weather.

1w Caspian Gull

                                          1w Caspian Gull with an adult Herring Gull

1w Caspian Gull in the sea spray

Another 1w Caspian Gull

An adult Mediterranean Gull