14.01.2025 A Song Thrush at the Scrape MD
The fine weather continued today with a little more high cloud than before, giving a pleasant day at 8c in a light south-southeast wind.
Another morning of auks passing Corbiere, although less than yesterday with 1,283 Razorbills and 48 Guillemots seen, as well as a Red-breasted Merganser, a Fulmar, 6 Gannets, 5 Cormorants, 47 Kittiwakes, 11 Mediterranean Gulls, 23 Great Black-backed Gulls and the 2 Peregrines heading out to sea at sunrise. In Petit Port were 30 Curlews and 3 Brent Geese. Off Grosnez was a raft of 31 Fulmars and at Plemont were another 51 Fulmars and a Red-throated Diver, while on the ground at Plemont were 4 Reed Buntings, 150 Chaffinches, 25 Stock Doves, 4 Song Thrushes and a Kestrel, but the fields there have now been cut. A Peregrine and a Grey Heron were seen at Ile Agois. Around the fields at Crabbe were 20 Redwings, 2 Song Thrushes, 80 Linnets, 50 Chaffinches, 6 Reed Buntings, 2 Kestrels, a Raven and 2 Choughs.
A Bittern was at the Wetland Centre of St Ouen's Pond and a Merlin was in the backfields there, with a pair of Shelduck at La Pulente. At Beaumont Marsh were 2 Teal, 6 Song Thrushes, 4 Chiffchaffs, a Pied Wagtail and a Marsh Harrier.
In Grouville Marsh were 32 Cattle Egrets, 12 Common Gulls, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, 120 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Grey Herons, 22 Redwings and a Grey Wagtail. At La Sente were 5 Lapwings, a Grey Heron and a Raven, with 13 Tufted Duck and a Chiffchaff seen at Grands Vaux and another 10 Cattle Egrets plus c500 Starlings at Cowley Farm. A Song Thrush was in song in Vallee des Vaux this evening, where 6 Woodcock flew over at Dusk.
A Pintail and a Grey Wagtail were at Queen's Valley
