Saturday 14th December 2024

 

Couple of LBO scarcities this morning with 8 Egyptian Geese (5 + 3) going south & a Pochard north. Otherwise predictably quiet with southbound 6 Red-throated Diver, 4 Brent, 2 Oyk, 2 Shelduck & Red-breasted Merganser with northbound 12 Teal, 4 Brent, 2 Red-throats & Red-breasted Merganser. 407 Cormorant headed out fishing early. 5 Turnstone & Rock Pipit near the point.

Friday 13th December 2024

 

Another dull mizzly morning. 22 Ringos & 7 Turnstone were on the beach at high tide and 2 Red-throated Diver & the Rock Pipit were near the point. Southbound 11 Brent, 7 Common Scoter, 4 Wigeon, 2 Shelduck & Eider with northbound 10 Brent & a Heron.

Thursday12th December 2024

 

Mist & fine drizzle with poor vis made for a grim morning. 897 Cormorants went out fishing in the murk which dropped in a couple of late autumn migrants in the form of 5 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch & Fieldfare.

Wednesday 11th December 2024

 

1,121 Cormorant headed out fishing early on. Southbound 4 Brent & northbound 14 Brent, 6 Red-throated Diver, 4 Eider & Curlew plus an additional 5 Eider sat offshore. 4 Turnstone were along the river with a Rock Pipit on the point. An adult male Chaffinch was a big boy that will have come from well to the north-east of us indicating that some late migrants are still arriving for the winter.

Ringing: 1 Chaffinch.

Tuesday 10th December 2024

 

607 Cormorant headed out to the feeding grounds on a dull breezy morning. Southbound 24 Common Scoter, 8 Brent, 7 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, Heron & Red-throated Diver with northbound 17 Brent, 5 Wigeon, 3 Common Scoter, 2 Pintail, Curlew & Eider. On site singles of Fieldfare, Lapwing plus a couple of new Blackies.

Ringing: 2 Blackbird.

Monday 9th December 2024

 No coverage.

Sunday 8th December 2024

 

Wet n' windy - again. The highlight was an increase in gulls following Stenna going out probably as very few ship movements the last couple of days with at least 250 Great Black-backed, 150 Herring, 10 Kitts & a Med who were joined by 3 Gannet. Juvenile Peregrine had a whizz around early on & a Curlew did a couple of circuits but apart from this all a bit grim.