I was out at 6am in the dark listening to the day waking up where later, I wandered along the seawall and then spent an hour on the clifftop looking out to see and watching a few birds passing over. Birds noted included 494 Brent Geese west between 10:30 - 11:30am, 4 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 1 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 14 Teal, 42 Common Scoter, 8 Grey Partridge at dawn, 2 Pheasant, 34 Woodpigeon, 1 Coot, 1 Golden Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 22 Lapwing flew out to sea, 1 Curlew, 6 Mediterranean Gull, c60 Black headed Gull, c70 Herring Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Great crested Grebe, 3 Red throated Diver, 1 Gannet, 10 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker and 1 Green Woodpecker. There were 3 Rook, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Kestrel, 11 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Long tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 14 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, 85 Starling, 3 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 1 Ring Ouzel briefly in bushes on the clifftop, 2 Stonechat, 15 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 98 Chaffinch west, 4 Brambling (150) heard but not seen, 55 Linnet, 11 Redpoll, 12 Goldfinch and 4 Siskin. Despite a good search in the Glen, I failed to find any Yellow browed Warblers. Nocmig recording Friday night produced 1 Golden Plover and c40 Redwing calls.
An excellent contribution for your efforts starting in the dark at 6.00am Marc. Respect....Pete.
ReplyDeleteBest part of the day listening to the day waking up. No one around, just the sound of nature. Magic. Take care.
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