Wednesday 1 October 2014

Egrets!

 Arctic Tern at the fishing boats this morning

07.45-09.15 from the fishing boats:


Red-throated Diver: 1 on sea
Great-crested Grebe: 2 on sea
Gannet: 37 down
Common Scoter: 3 down
Eider: 5 up (2 drakes)
Brent Goose: 3 Down
Oystercatcher: 2 down
Turnstone: 4 on beach
Arctic Skua: 2 around
Pomarine Skua: 1 down (A truly awful image posted at the end of the Blog)
Mediterranean Gull: 1 1w down
Common Tern: 34 down
Arctic Tern: 1 down
Sandwich Tern: 96 down
Guillemot: 1 on sea
Alba Wagtail: 12 up
Swallow: 2 out
Meadow Pipit: c50 on beach
Grey Seal: 1
Common Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 2+
 While I was at the observatory this morning a call from The Joker to say he had found a Cattle Egret by the entrance track at Boulderwall, a nice bird and still present late afternoon. While watching the Egret on my own a Common Buzzard gave a nice flyby.
From Hanson 3 Black-necked Grebes, a Garganey, a Great White Egret, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers, a Water Rail, 7 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, c40 Golden Plover among c200 Lapwing plus all the usual wildfowl.
Another sea watch this afternoon produced of note c50 Swallows leaving for France followed by a Hobby.

 Common Buzzard at Boulderwall
 Hummingbird Hawkmoth in the Plodland trap this morning
 Oncocera semirubella also in the trap this morning
A truly awful image of this mornings Pomarine Skua!

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