With a brisk wind coming from the North this morning, I decided on a few hours having a seawatch in the hope something would go by. Just after 7am, I picked up on a large bird of prey flying west near the horizon but with some heat haze and the distance, I struggled to identify the bird. I was pretty confident that it was either a Marsh Harrier or and Osprey but unfortunately, Its identity will have to remain unknown. Birds noted this morning included 2 Shelduck, 7 Swift with 6 seen flying out to sea, 6 Oystercatcher, 24 Black headed Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Gull, c40 Herring Gull, 6 Great Black backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black backed Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Little Tern (117) seen flying west at some height, 9 Great crested Grebe, 1 Fulmar, 2 Gannet, 7 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 Swallow and 1 Linnet.
The Little Tern is something of a scarce bird for me in our area. A pity the distant raptor escaped ID in the brisk north wind.
ReplyDeleteRegards....Pete.