Acrobatic passerines

A dry and largely sunny day although there were the odd mist patches over the sea. A very light variable breeze.

North shore (Malcolm)

I went down at first light to watch the rising tide flush the waders off the skear.

Pink-Footed goose 800+ north in four large and several smaller skeins.

Pink-Footed geese heading north at daybreak 

It started off bright, then the sun was lost for a while behind a bank of mist

Pale-bellied Brent geese 36 came in to the SE skear corner.

Brent goose amongst feeding Knot.
There is still no sign of any ringed Brent on this side of the bay so far this winter.

Eider 15

Little Egret 3

Little Egret

Oystercatcher 2,000

Curlew 40

Redshank 150

Lapwing 1

Grey Plover 1

Knot 1,600 - several coded but only one or two new ones for this winter.

Turnstone 30

Dunlin 25

Ringed Plover 5

Lapwing, Oystercatcher and Knot - one with an orange flag

South shore (Janet)

A walk along the sea wall to the harbour 

Cormorant in breeding plumage

Black-Headed gull with a small fish from the outfall

Wren in the harbour scrub (doing press ups)

In the Nature Park 

Blue Tit

One of four Goldcrest in the firs near the white barrier

Just out of the recording area, slightly further out than yesterday.

Stonechat 1 female type. Today towards the northern end of the Sunnyslopes.

Stonechat on one of the concrete tables at the north end of Sunnyslopes 

This is the location of the concrete tables and seats