With a light west wind this morning, I had a couple of hours seawatching before an hour was spent walking around Bishopstone. Birds noted mainly flying west included 31 Teal, 20 Common Scoter, 7 Oystercatcher, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 71 Black headed Gull, 22 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Gull, 151 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, c40 Commic Tern feeding way offshore, 12 Sandwich Tern, 15 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron distantly west at sea and 1 Peregrine. Bishopstone held 2 Stock Dove, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 2 Long tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 juvenile Firecrest, 15 Starling, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch and 2 Linnet. Nocmig recording Friday night produced 2 calling Ringed Plover. Still waiting for the big one!
Not just a Firecrest, but a juvenile, cool Marc.
ReplyDeleteRegards....Pete.