Saturday, 30 January 2016

January 30th
We began this morning with a forty minute seawatch at Minnis Bay where we counted 11 Gannets feeding offshore, 1 Great Northern Diver (115th) flying W, 55 Red-throated Divers W, 38 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 380 Cormorants, 1 Fulmar, 55 Dunlin, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Curlews and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits.
After this we walked at Brooksend and found 2 Kestrels, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Grey Heron, 52 Mallard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets prospecting a nest hole, 3 Goldcrests, 1 Merlin (116th), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Black Redstart at the farm, 104 Greylag Geese, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Marsh Harriers, 23 Mute Swans, 2 Common Buzzards, 6 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebes, 34 Coot and 1 Green Woodpecker.

Ring-necked Parakeet

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