Saturday 15th February 2025

Back to overcast conditions with a cool onshore breeze. 660 Cormorant went out fishing, Rock Pipit on the point & Turnstone on the riverbank. Great Tit's are investigating potential nest sites - only a couple of months to early for that!

Friday 14th February 2025

 

The sun actually showed up late morning for a rare change! 566 Cormorant went out fishing. Southbound the first 4 Barnacles of the year, 2 Brent & Oyk with northbound 6 Brent & a Red-throated Diver in an hour staring out at Gulls. Maybe 1,000 gulls offshore but the vast bulk of these are way to far out which is frustrating. 28 Common Scoter offshore, 9 Turnstone on the riverbank & Rock Pipit on the point.

Thursday 13th February 2025

 

Chilly overcast benign weather continues. 730 Cormorant went out fishing, 28 Common Scoter offshore, 11 Turnstone on riverbank, 2 Rock Pipit on the point, Greenfinch visited & adult female Peregrine on nearest dock crane.

Wednesday 12th February 2025

 570 Cormorant went out fishing, 34 Common Scoter offshore, 10 Turnstone on the shore, 2 Rock Pipit on the point & 3 Fieldfare paid a visit on a cool calm morning.

Ringing Recovery

Finally got the Red-breasted Flycatcher details through which was ringed on the easternmost part of Denmark at Blavand Fugelstation, Ribe on 5th September 2024 & retrapped 599 km away at LBO on 16th September 2024. Photos of this bird in Denmark are on -

https://www.xn--blvandfuglestation-5tb.dk/blog?aar=2024&maaned=9&page=3

Tuesday 11th February 2025

 

Dull, murky cold & damp morning although the wind has abated. 1,160 Cormorant went out fishing. 12 Turnstone on the riverbank & 8 Ringos on the beach.

Monday 10th February 2025

 

Raw weather conditions with a chilly ENE wind with occasional drizzle reminding one that the East coast can be bleak in the winter. Offshore & in the river 1,500 seagulls following shipping with 11 Kitts the best one could muster with a distinct lack of Greater Black-backs amongst the melee. Whilst gull watching northbound 2 Common Scoter & 2 Gannet. Not sure why a Redwing turned up today & even less sure why a Buzzard was not only here but went into the Helgoland trap. Buzzard has only been annual at LBO in the last ten years, as the species has increased across East Anglia, & we only have four previous February records (with one of them a tideline corpse 30 years ago).

Ringing: 1 Buzzard, 1 Redwing.

2024 Annual Reports & Updated Species Lists

 

2024 annual reports for Birds, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Mammals, Moths & Miscellaneous records, several updated Species Lists, Ringing totals & updated Ringing Recoveries report are now available on https://www.lbo.org.uk/ or via the LBO Home Page at the top of the blog.

Sunday 9th February 2025

 

870 Cormorant went out fishing plus another 230 flew in from the south. Southbound 2 Shelduck & Brent with northbound 17 Brent, 5 Common Scoter & Red-throated Diver plus 28 Common Scoter offshore. The first Meadow Pipit of the year flew north and a volery of 7 Long-tailed Tit visited. 9 Turnstone & Rock Pipit at the point.