Thursday 15th January 2026

 

Yesterday's Dunlin.

209 Cormorant headed out fishing. 16 Common Scoter flew around offshore & a Great Crested Grebe went south. 17 Sanderling on the beach & 3 Snow Bunting out the back. Rain from 0930ish so that's it.

Wednesday 14th January 2026

 

Glorious calm, sunny, frosty morning. 221 Cormorant went out fishing early, 17 Sanderling, 6 Ringos & Dunlin on the beach, 3 Snow Bunting & Mipit still with us.

Tuesday 13th January 2026

Murky, foggy, then rain as predicted - not pleasant at all. 272 Cormorant went out fishing early. 11 Sanderling, 3 Ringos & 3 Snow Bunting on front beach early morning with the Snow Bunting resorting to favourite bit of back beach later. Guess that the Snow Bunts are quite possibly roosting in the shelter of the Marram Grass on the beach overnight ?

One of two Bloxworth Snout hibernating in the cellar. First noted here six years ago it now lives here but is still a major rarity, or non-existent, in counties to the north of us.

Monday 12th January 2026

 3 Snow Bunting still on the back beach is all I can offer you today folks.

Sunday 11th January 2025

 

Difficult to get the camera to focus on the Cormorants heading out into the pink early doors.

5 Red-crested Pochard (2 drakes) in off at 1003 hrs was most unexpected with our only previous record being of a female/juvenile flying south close inshore on 5th September 1990. Southbound 17 Brent, 3 Shelduck & 2 Red-throated Diver with northbound 10 Brent & 9 Red-throats. 13 Kitts were offshore & a single Brent sat on the reserve for a short while. 3 Snow Bunting & Mipit on the back beach.

Ringing: 1 Wood Pigeon.

Saturday 10th January 2025

 

550 Cormorant heading out fishing is a lot higher count than recently presumably due to birds wintering inland in the UK being frozen out of their fishing sites & resorting to the coast. Southbound 61 Brent, 17 Lapwing & 3 Wigeon. Woodcock on site with an additional bird coming in off the sea. 3 Snow Bunting & 2 Mipit still on the back beach. 

Ringing: 1 Blackbird, 1 Woodcock.

Friday 9th January 2026

 

Cold & wet. 245 Cormorant went fishing early, single Dunlin & Little Egret flew south, Mistle Thrush was new in & 3 Snow Bunting still on back beach. Muntjac with tiny fawn is worth a mention.