16.01.2025 A Reed Bunting in the conservation fields at Crabbe MD
An overcast start to the day cleared to fine conditions through daylight hours, with winds light from the southeast.
Counts at the Crabbe conservation area today included both a male and a ring-tailed Hen Harrier, 2 Peregrines, a Kestrel, 2 Ravens, a Lapwing, 6 Reed Buntings, 200 Linnets, 50 Chaffinches and 6 Stonechats.
At St Ouen's Pond early on were a Bittern, 6 Wigeon, 75 Lapwings, 76 Brent Geese and 2 Little Grebes, with 43 Ringed Plovers near Sands. Behind the Pond, 4 Choughs were on an outbuilding roof. 400 Chaffinches were at Plemont also a pale Buzzard and 6 Woodcock flew over Vallee des Vaux at Dusk.
Passing Corbiere through the morning were an our of season Manx Shearwater, 2 Red-throated Divers, 422 Razorbills, 19 Guillemots, 5 Fulmars, 16 Gannets, 18 Cormorants, 51 Shags, 4 Brent Geese, 58 Kittiwakes, 3 Common Gulls, 4 Mediterranean Gulls, 57 Great Black-backed Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Black-headed Gull, a Peregrine and 48 Curlews heading into Petit Port Bay. 14 Purple Sandpipers and 5 Turnstones were roosting nearby and 6 Common Dolphins were feeding offshore. Also in Petit Port were 2 Brent Geese, a pair of Shelduck and a Grey Heron.
At La Sente were 61 Redshanks, 7 Cattle Egrets, 2 Little Egrets and 8 Grey Herons and in Rue du Pont were 10 Brent Geese, 2 Marsh Harriers, a Kestrel and 5 Little Egrets.
Yesterday's count of Brent Geese produced a total of 1,746 adult birds, but no juveniles at all. Details can be downloaded from the Resources page on this website.
