13.01.2025 Saturday's fleeting visitor to the Scrape, with thanks to John Ovenden for his fine image of the Avocet JO
Another fine day, but still cold in a south-easterly wind.
Seabirds were on the move past Corbiere again this morning, counts there including 2,330 Razorbills, 54 Guillemots, 5 Red-throated Divers plus one very distant diver sp, a Shelduck, a Fulmar, 6 Gannets, 2 Little Gulls, 45 Kittiwakes, 13 Common Gulls, 6 Mediterranean Gulls with more in St Ouen's Bay and 11 Great Black-backed Gulls, also a Peregrine was hunting offshore. Single Common Dolphin and Bottle-nosed Dolphin were also seen.
On St Ouen's Pond were 6 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 20 Teal, 10 Wigeon, 20 Shovelers 12 Brent Geese, 3 Grey Herons, 18 Snipe, 60 Lapwings and 2 Stonechats. A Hen Harrier was at the Scrape and another Hen Harrier ( a ring-tail) was at Crabbe.
Seen from Seymour in Grouville Bay this afternoon, were 450 Dunlin, 85 Sanderlings, 66 Ringed Plovers, 95 Grey Plovers, 36 Turnstones, 12 Curlews, 2 Slavonian Grebes and a Peregrine.
7 Lapwings were in Route des Hetres, St Peter and the garden-visiting Brambling was seen again at Beauport.
On the Scrape this evening were 74 Lapwings, 15 Teal, a Grey Heron and a Peregrine, while in the St Helier Marina was a roost of 220 Wagtails, mainly Pied but with some numbers of White Wagtails also involved.
