The opposite to yesterday, the rain held off till lunchtime, then never really stopped. Even in the morning it was overcast and gloomy. A SE wind.
Just my stuff so far Malcolm
Red Nab 08:30 - it was barely light!
Pale-Bellied Brent goose 38 seen, there could easily have been others
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| Pale-bellied Brent geese |
Wigeon 180 minimum
Little Egret 1
Grey Heron 1
Rock Pipit 1
Imperial Rd
No sign of the Stonechats
Water Rail at least 2 squealing
Common Snipe 1
Kestrel 1
Middleton Nature Reserve main pond
Mute, Mallards, Coot and Moorhen as recent. No sign of Little Grebes
Tufted Duck 18
Gadwall 10
Near Naze and Heliport
I called in on my way home 09:50
There were c1,600 Knot circling and shaping to land on the Near Naze rocks. Then the almost inevitable Peregrine arrived. The Peregrine goes through this flock near the top from left to right early in this clip. Presumably a successful attack, but the flock still left to the south.
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| Redshank and Oystercatcher on the heliport wall |
Shag 2 juveniles, both arrived from the north
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| This was the first to arrive, it flew past the Naze and landed on the sea to the south. |
By this time it was 10:00 and the Power Station was conducting its weekly test of the alarms. You might want to turn the volume down!
The second one arrived a couple of minutes later and landed directly on the rocks.
At least 4 foxes caught by my head torch near the Moss this evening - Janet
