Friday 22 November 2024 1 Red Kite (soared south over Somerset Avenue) [Steve Arlow]
Thursday 21 November 2024 5 Red-throated Diver, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe (east of barge pier throughout), 4 Gannet, 32 Common Scoter (flock off of barge pier), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
6 Red-throated Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver (drifted in on the tide), 40 Great Crested Grebe (+), 4 Little Egret, 12 Shelduck, 2 Common Scoter, 1 Peregrine Falcon [Terry Blackwell]
Wednesday 20 November 2024 3 Red-throated Diver (All flying west ), 1 Great Northern Diver (Drifting out on tide towsrds east beach ), 35 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Common Scoter, 100 Ringed Plover, 500 Sanderling (C. In coastguard roost), 100 Dunlin, 1 Rock Pipit [Jeff Delve]
3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 22 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 8 Common Scoter, 1 Grey Phalarope (Approx. 400-500m offshore. Very active taking short flights and dropping back on the water, mostly associating with a small group of Common Gulls on the water. ) [Marc Outten]
2 Red-throated Diver (drifting in on the tide), 50 Great Crested Grebe (+), 500 Wigeon (+), 30 Teal (+), 2 Shoveler (off the Point), 1 Common Scoter (female drifting on the tide), 1 Goldeneye (female in the bay at the point before flying west), 1000 Dunlin (+), 1 Rock Pipit [Terry Blackwell]
2 Great White Egret, 3 Barnacle Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, 23 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (female.), 2 Kestrel, 2 Ruff, 2 Snipe, 1 Stonechat [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Tuesday 19 November 2024 1 Song Thrush, 1 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch [Jeff Saward]
1 Leach's Petrel (Initially found well upstream 13:10 flew strongly east to near pavillion when dropped on water and lost to view but drifted back up on tide. Picked up flying out again 13:45 when flushed by passing ship and gave brilliant views as headed out east past point and out towards pier til lost in murk), 6 Gannet (4 adults, 1st and 3rd W up and back out), 12 Shelduck (N across river ), 300 Grey Plover (+), 20 Sanderling (+), 1000 Dunlin (+, Constant stream N across river), 113 Kittiwake (After some initial downstream movement birds counted upstream before late downstream again), 2 Rock Pipit [Jeff Delve, Terry Blackwell]
3 Red-throated Diver, 2 Gannet, 8 Scaup (drake and 7 females flew in and landed opposite holiday park and drifted up river at 11:20), 40 Golden Plover (+), 176 Kittiwake (+ including groups of 100,64 and 12), 1 Little Auk (flew up river at 11:37 and probaly flew back out and landed east of holiday park at 12:50) [Terry Blackwell]
Monday 18 November 2024 1 Grey Squirrel (Scarce here. Even scarcer now, after I accidentally ran it over...) [Paul Baker]
2 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 4 Pintail, 73 Shoveler, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, 5 Water Rail, 19 Avocet, 241 Grey Plover, 562 Lapwing, 740 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 33 Snipe, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl (High over the landfill), 1 Stonechat, 2 Bearded Tit, 50 Linnet [Marc Outten]
1 Ring-necked Parakeet (flew west calling), 1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
1 Cattle Egret (Marsh Flats),
2 Goosander (Pair in main channel Jubilee), 1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail west of Pool Marsh), 150 Grey Plover, 2200 Knot, 900 Dunlin, 1 Woodcock (flew across entry road and dropped into cover in reptile area, a long awaited first for the island for me), 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Dartford Warbler (Adult with Stonechat in small bushes 100m m E of Jubilee trail junction) [Jeff Delve]
3 Red-throated Diver, 60 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Common Scoter (females drifting on the tide), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (drake flew out), 15 Sanderling, 1 Guillemot, 1 Rock Pipit [Terry Blackwell]
Sunday 17 November 2024 1 Cattle Egret (On Marsh Flats), 2 Grey Heron (With cattle on marsh flats), 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, 1000 Golden Plover (+, Over Allfleets), 300 Black-tailed Godwit (+, Allfleets), 3 Stonechat [Jeff Delve]
2 Egyptian Goose (pair), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Siskin [Neil Chambers]
3 Red-throated Diver (All flying west), 45 Great Crested Grebe (Most in East Beach bay),
1 Slavonian Grebe (Initially well out with a GC Grebe then closer in by Gogs Berth near high tide, diving continuously ), 1 Marsh Harrier (Female heading up river against the wind), 60 Sanderling (+), 24 Turnstone, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail [Jeff Delve]
6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Nuthatch (at least, calling in different parts of the wood) [Jeff Saward]
Saturday 16 November 2024 1 Hen Harrier (adult male, west through garden - which was nice!), 1 Green Woodpecker [Paul Baker]
1 Slavonian Grebe (Great find Neil) [Lee Ebbs]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe (close in off SW end near cafe throughout) [Neil Chambers]
2 Red-throated Diver, 1 Slavonian Grebe (excellent bird close in opposite the new Cafe; cheers Neil), 2 Gannet (adults), 1 Guillemot (close in to the beach on falling tide), 1 Cetti's Warbler [Steve Arlow]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Water Rail (calling from lake), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2 Siskin (flew SW calling) [Neil Chambers]
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Red-crested Pochard (female still present), 1 Goldcrest [Steve Arlow]
5 Red-throated Diver, 76 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Guillemot [Steve Arlow]
10 White-fronted Goose (north of the fleet), 200 Wigeon (+), 51 Pochard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 8 Corn Bunting [Terry Blackwell]
Friday 15 November 2024 10 White-fronted Goose (8 adults 2 juvs on the reservoir then later on the grazing marsh north of the roadside hide), 2 Pintail, 21 Pochard, 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat, 4 Reed Bunting [Marc Outten]
Thursday 14 November 2024 5 Ring-necked Parakeet (On birch tree out the front, flew west towards church), 1 Grey Wagtail (again on garden pond), 6 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 1 Red Admiral [Jeff Delve]
9 Red-throated Diver, 25 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Gannet, 27 Common Scoter (groups of 17 and 10), 30 Ringed Plover, 20 Sanderling,
2 Purple Sandpiper (landed on revetment 15ft away from end bench at 9:45. then flew west at 10:02), 1000 Dunlin (+), 1 auk sp., 1 Guillemot, 3 Rock Pipit [Terry Blackwell]
Wednesday 13 November 2024 17 Great Crested Grebe, 26 Little Egret, 1500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+), 12 Shelduck, 3 Wigeon, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Woodcock (Surprised to flush one from the MOD boundary fence. First for me here. ), 97 Redshank, 1 Swallow (Heading east), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 7 House Sparrow, 2 Siskin [Marc Outten]
4 Red-throated Diver, 12 Shelduck, 6 Common Scoter (females), 6 Red-breasted Merganser (1 male and 5 red heads) [Terry Blackwell, Bob Young]
Tuesday 12 November 2024 6 Red-throated Diver, 40 Great Crested Grebe (+), 20 Gannet (+), 6 Pintail, 11 Common Scoter, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (red head landed off the Point), 1 Hen Harrier (male flew across from Kent ( great find Jeff ) ), 1 Kestrel (flew up river), 12 Ringed Plover, 50 Grey Plover (+), 1 Arctic Skua (pale form), 3 Mediterranean Gull, 140 Kittiwake (+including groups of 19,37, 39 and 45), 4 Guillemot, 1 Puffin (flew up river at10:12 and back out at 12:09), 1 Swallow (flying over the seawall) [Terry Blackwell, Jeff Delve, Bob Young]
Monday 11 November 2024 2 Green Sandpiper (flew north over The Drive just west of the junction with Somerset Avenue) [Steve Arlow]
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
2 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail (calling from the reeds, back for another winter), 1 Cetti's Warbler [Steve Arlow]
5 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 500 Golden Plover (c), 60 Grey Plover (c), 500 Lapwing (+), 70 Knot (c), 135 Black-tailed Godwit (c), 80 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 39 Herring Gull (incl ad with red ring on left leg,BC ), 1 Kingfisher (Stambridge Mills then flew to Broomhills Fishery ), 19 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat (incl m at Waldens ), 1 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush (CF), 1 Goldcrest (h,HB), 3 Red Admiral [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 3 Egyptian Goose, 12 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (female.), 2 Kestrel, 2 Water Rail (1 seen), 16 Avocet, 17 Golden Plover, 5 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 13 Snipe, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 4 Stonechat, 3 Bearded Tit [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Sunday 10 November 2024 1 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Stonechat, 1 Redwing, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting, 5 Corn Bunting [Terry Blackwell]
5 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Fieldfare (flew high SW), 3 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (male), 2 Robin, 2 Blackbird, 8 Long-tailed Tit (only third ever visit), 4 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch [Graham Mee]
1 Buzzard, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Larus sp. (An adult hybrid Herring x LBBGull (returning bird) and a 1st W LBBGull resembling a YLGull ), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Adult with retained immature bill pattern still upriver past the Chalet Park), 4 Kingfisher (Two flew up Fenn Creek, one in borrowdyke at west end of seawall and one in river at Brandy Hole), 1 Song Thrush [Steve Arlow]
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