Big gulls over p.m.
Swallows piling through in the afternoon
Squirrel checking out the floating jetty.
Odd area for a Squirrel
- Dense fog to start the day clearing by 0930 hrs but leaving a low cloud base on a NE>3 at 12 degrees. By late afternoon the wind had increased to NE>4 still with a load cloud base and heavy drizzle.
- Snipe started the day off with 8 birds appearing through the fog and off >NW whilst 4 juv Pied Wagtails and a single Wheatear were on the SE shore.
- As the fog lifted Starlings started coming over the water low and >NW along with a rush of Mipits which soon fizzled out, but otherwise the rest of the morning was poor.
- By late afternoon I had better visibility but still a low cloud base with Swallows piling through , low over the water and all >SE whilst Herring and LBB gulls also headed >SE.
- The only other thing of interest was the Grey Squirrel, which keeps turning up, for some reason, walked along the full length of the floating jetty and then performed a few aerobics on the bars before settling down on one of the compound benches.
- VISIBLE MIGRATION
- 111 Mipits.....................>S
- 93 Swallow...................>SE
- 46 Starling...................>NW
- 15 Herring gulls..........>SE
- 6 LBB gulls................>SE
- 4 juv Pied Wagtails....blogging
- 1 Wheatear.................blogging
- PRESENT
- 2 Reed Bunting
- Canadas and Mallards
- + usual sp.
- BS
