The title says corvids, but the vast majority were Jackdaws flying south(ish).
228 headed south over the saltmarsh at 09:30. Then headed back before disappearing to the east.
120 headed east over my house (Malcolm) at 11:20
77 flew south over Middleton Nature Reserve 14:40. Plus another 43 milling around on the south side.
So 425 Jackdaws over plus 43 possibly residents. And that must only be a sample, the saltmarsh and MNR sightings from only an observational window of 90 minutes total. And the ones over my house would have gone unnoticed if I hadn't have popped into the garden.
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| This looks to be a blank shot, but if you open it and zoom in you can see the birds in the saltmarsh flock. They moved over a large front and were well spread out. |
Not all were Jackdaws, there were at least 3 Rook in the above flock.
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| Rook |
Other stuff
South shore (Malcolm)
A morning check around 09:15 high water. Saltmarsh to Red Nab
Linnet c30 on saltmarsh - no sign of the Merlin this morning
Knot 64 resting on Red Nab
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| Some of the Knot, also Oystercatcher and a Turnstone |
Shelduck 2
Wigeon 46
Little Egret 6
Grey Heron 2
Kingfisher 1 female
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| Not so obviously a female in this shot (females have red on the bottom of the lower bill) |
She flew from this perch to the large rock on the other side of the freshwater run off.
The tide is full at this point and just high enough to make this stream saline enough for sea fish to tolerate.
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| She quickly caught a common goby, this is just about as large as they grow |
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| But it soon went down! |
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| I know birds can't smile, but you have to say she looks content. Not long after this she flew east along the foreshore rocks |
I had a walk along the sea wall this evening. It had been sunny all afternoon, but now was clouding over. There was nothing new to see, but the evening light provided some opportunities to be "artistic".
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| Little Egret and the SeaTruck |
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| Cormorants resting on No.1 outfall post |
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| Cormorants coming in to roost on the wooden jetty |
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| This is the dumper boat for the harbour dredger. |
Red Admiral 2 came in/off along the sea wall, plus 2 more in the Nature Park
Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)
Just a very brief check mid afternoon.
Wildfowl pretty much unchanged
Sparrowhawk 1 - it had a go at the passing Jackdaws, but only briefly
Common Buzzard 1 to the east of the Reserve
Migrant Hawker 1
Common Darter 6
Speckled Wood 2
