Stone Jetty

[Nick Godden]

#9670

7-8am

Red-throated diver 3 out
Eider 47
Velvet scoter 1 f flew in with an Eider and appeared to land up near Teal Bay – Hest Bank
Common scoter 12
Red-breasted merganser 6
Wigeon 2
Peregrine 1 crossed the bay to NW
Rock pipit 1
Meadow pipit just 4 NW

[Nick Godden]

#9698

7.20-9.15

Whooper swan 1
Wigeon 1
Eider 35
Turnstone 27
Rock pipit 2
Meadow pipit 182 N
Swallow 3 N
Sand Martin 10 N
Goldfinch 34 N
Linnet 13 N
Redpoll 7 N
Wheatear 1
Rook 2 N
Chiffchaff 1

[Nick Godden]

#9741

6:30-8:10 with James Nock

Teal 2
Red-breasted merganser 3
Eider 209
Great crested grebe 2
Sandwich tern 5
Turnstone 49
Meadow pipit 262 N
Linnet 6 N
Swallow 6 N

[Nick Godden]

#9743

6:50-8:30
Shelduck 5 N
Osprey 1 N at 8:23
Herring gull 640
Gannet 2
Sandwich tern 6
Meadow pipit just 24 N
Rook 3 N

[Nick Godden]

#9771

6.50-8.45

Shelduck 2 N
Arctic skua 1N
Sandwich tern 18
Great crested grebe 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Rock pipit 5 including a pair mating

[Jean Roberts]

#9775

April 19th Red-throated Diver close in to Stone Jetty calling at 14:45hrs – Mr and Mrs Willets

[Nick Godden]

#9777

8:15-9:15
Eider 54
Arctic skua 1 dark morph out
Kittiwake 14 out
Sandwich tern 14
Whimbrel 1

[Nick Godden]

#9780

15:15-18:10 very flat sea on the incoming tide

Shelduck 6
Common scoter 527 floating in
Red-throated diver 38 floating in
Gannet 6 distantly
Arctic skua 4 dark morph in (1, 3)
Kittiwake 26 in
Sandwich tern c. 70
Common tern 1 in
Arctic tern 261 in 6 flocks
Razorbill 2
Whimbrel 1
Curlew 80 high N
Bar-tailed godwit 19 high N
Swallow 3

[Clay G]

#9786

Thrilling scenes this morning (22nd Apr, 6:40-8:25)
Calm sea, light SW wind, high tide about 7am

Common Scoter – 13 in, 4 out
Eider – just 3 on the sea
Cormorant – 2 out
Gannet – 5 in, 1 out, plus some feeding distantly
RT Diver – 1 in
GC Grebe – 1 on sea
Herring Gull – c20 on sea
LB Gull – 1 on sea
Large gulls – 20 juveniles out just after the tide peaked
Sandwich Tern – c40 feeding on sea
Bar-tailed Godwit – 4 in
Whimbrel – 2 in
Curlew – 1 in, 3 out
Oystercatcher – c115 out
Turnstone – 15 out
Yellow Wagtail – 1 in
Alba wagtail – 1 in
Linnet – 4 in
Goldfinch – 2 local
Blackbird – 1 local
Rock Pipit – 2 local, displaying and feeding
Jackdaw – 5 local
Swallow – 3 in, 1 local

[Nick Godden]

#9791

23/4 18:00-19:30

Red-throated diver 2 out
Arctic tern 53 in and u-turned south of the Jetty in 2 flocks
Sandwich tern 30
Whimbrel 3
Swallow 17 N

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