22.01.2025 This Ringed Plover, colour-ringed in Germany, is a regular Winter visitor to St Ouen's Bay. image with thanks to Romano. RDC
A day of overcast skies and some light rain, milder at 8c in a light easterly wind
Roosting at Sand's Slip this morning were 44 Ringed Plovers, 17 Dunlin and 4 Sanderlings, while on St Ouen's Pond were a Bittern, 12 Wigeon, 16 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 9 Teal, 5 Snipe and a Lesser Black-backed Gull and on the Scrape were 28 Teal, a Grey Heron and a Chiffchaff.
Passage past Corbiere first thing included a Great Northern Diver, a Black-throated Diver, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 86 Razorbills, 6 Guillemots, 6 Fulmars, 15 Gannets, 7 Cormorants, 3 Kittiwakes, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, a Peregrine and two pods totalling 20 Common Dolphins.
Waders at La Rocque included 125 Oystercatchers - two of them ringed in Iceland, 240 Sanderlings, 130 Dunlin, 45 Grey Plovers, and 61 Curlews. At La Sente were a Shelduck, a Teal, 49 Redshanks, 4 Lapwings, 3 Snipe and 12 Cattle Egrets, with 8 Common Gulls at Grouville Marsh.
In Rozel Harbour were 4 Brent Geese and in Rozel Valley was a Grey Wagtail. At Cowley Farm were at least 650 Herring Gulls and 30 Black-headed Gulls. Another Grey Wagtail was seen by the Amaizin Maze in St Peter and a pale-bellied Brent Goose was at West Park in St Helier. 2 Woodcock flew over Vallee des Vaux at first light.
This afternoon, passing Grosnez were 4 Gannets, 20 Fulmar, 2 Ravens, a Peregrine, 10+ Common Dolphins and 2 Porpoises.
Yesterday evening, at La Haule, were a Ringed Plover, 120 Dunlin and 100 Sanderlings.
