Tuesday 21st January 2025

Damp, cold, misty/foggy morning. 23 Brent flew south, 4 Golden Plover on the beach & Rock Pipit on the point are the only offerings.

2025 SEASONAL WARDEN VACANCY

 SEASONAL WARDEN LANDGUARD BIRD OBSERVATORY

 Applicants need to be competent birdwatchers and have a BTO bird ringing ‘C’ permit with a mist net endorsement as a minimum requirement. An interest in other aspects of natural history and biological recording is also needed.

The position runs from Mid-March until mid-November 2025. A job description is available on request. If you require any specifics, please don’t hesitate to ask. Please e-mail landguardbo@yahoo.co.uk

Monday 20th January 2025

 

680 Cormorant headed out fishing on another dull grey cold day. 2 Rock Pipits were having a vocal territorial dispute on the point. More gulls offshore but nowt odd with a handful of Red-throated Divers going back & forth for the first time in days. Finally 2 Collared Doves was the first appearance of the year for their kind.

Sunday 19th January 2025

 

Another dull cold day. 562 Cormorant went out fishing. 2 Cetti's on the reserve by the Butts pond & in obs compound so they are tolerating the cold. Managed to read the ring on this Crow in the View Point car park that was originally ringed in March 2019 that is infamous for taking a chunk out of my hand when it was caught. Also managed to get the ring number on the Crow on the Butts that was ringed back in May 2014, but both have a way to go to beat the UK longevity record that stands at over 20 years.

Saturday 18th January 2025

 

Dull & cold. 303 Cormorant went out fishing. Over an hour staring out produced a flock of 10 Brent flying north but nothing else sums up how little is on the move presently. A Song Thrush was singing along View Point Road for the first time this year & a Fieldfare was in the compound.

Friday 17th January 2025

 

One of those morning's whereby if we hadn't turned up it wouldn't have made much difference to the cause. 296 Cormorant went out fishing, with the rest very much 'same old same old' - and not a lot of that presently ! Increase to 4 adult Meds from the usual 3, although that doesn't necessarily mean there's not more around it's just that 3 pulling behind Stenna going out is all that we can manage at a time in recent days.

Thursday 16th January 2025

 

Only the 12th LBO record of Coot on the river behind Darrell's Battery & the first here since 2011. Nine of the eleven previous records were from 1980 - 1994 so not an easy species to catch up with here. Far to much excitement for a January morning so it's back to the usual's. 381 Cormorant went fishing, 16 Common Scoter sat offshore, southbound 4 Brent, 2 Teal & Shelduck, Fieldfare on site plus the first Lesser Black-backed Gull of the year.