02.01.2024 One of today's Hen Harriers at Crabbe MD
Heavy rain overnight cleared before Dawn leaving a cloudy scenario in a moderate North wind, and cool at 8c.
In Grouville Bay this morning were 645 Dunlin, 310 Sanderlings, 284 Grey Plovers, 31 Ringed Plovers, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Curlews, 125 Turnstones and 6 Common Gulls and, at Seymour were 3 Great Crested Grebes, a Mediterranean Gull, a Greenshank, 7 Ringed Plovers, 100+ Sanderlings, 4 Greenshanks, 326 Oystercatchers and a Sandwich Tern. Around La Rocque were 2 Great Northern Divers and 3 Black-necked Grebes. Further along the South coast at Green Island and Le Hocq were 2 Great Northern Divers, 17 Red-breasted Mergansers and 75 Curlews.
At La Sente were 63 Redshanks, 10 Grey Herons and 18 Pied Wagtails, by Grouville Parish Hall were 25 Cattle Egrets and by St Clement Church were 15 Cattle Egrets and a Little Egret. A Great White Egret was in a field in St Mary and 2 Chough flew over the Amaizin Maze in St Peter.
At Crabbe were 3 Hen Harriers, a male and 2 ring-tailed birds, a Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzards, a Kestrel, 2 Ravens, 400 Chaffinches, 200 Linnets, 120 Woodpigeons and 2 Stonechats.
Early seawatching from Corbiere saw 239 Gannets, a Fulmar, 2 Great Northern Divers, 2 Common Scoters, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 20 Brent Geese flying in from the southwest, 4 Guillemots, 20 Razorbills, 61 Shags, 11 Cormorants, 10 Mediterranean Gulls, 17 Kittiwakes, 12 Woodpigeons from the West which were scattered by 2 Peregrines, 9 Purple Sandpipers, a Turnstone, 2 Curlews and a Harbour Porpoise.
Elsewhere, 33 Lapwings were at St Ouen's Pond Scrape and a Shelduck plus 55 Mediterranean Gulls were at La Pulente. In St Aubin's Bay, 134 Brent Geese and 5 Curlews were around Bel Royal, 25 Redshanks and a Kingfisher were at St Aubin and, in Beaumont Marsh were 5 Shovelers, 2 Snipe, 5 Redwings, 2 Stonechats, a Firecrest, a Goldcrest, a Grey Wagtail and a Chiffchaff. A Redwing was in full song in a garden on Mont Les Vaux, St Aubin, early this morning.
Results of the Wader, and Brent Goose Counts on 17th December, are now available to download from the Resources page of this website.
