by Michael Dryden
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02 Jul, 2024
02.07.2024 Gannet by John Ovenden JO. A mainly overcast day with periods of light drizzle in a west-northwest wind. Another quiet day for birds, although 120 Gannets did pass Corbiere in three hours this morning, but little else was seen with a Balearic Shearwater, a Guillemot , a Fulmar , 3 Cormorants , 3 Kittiwakes , a Mediterranean Gull , 2 Black-headed Gulls , 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls , as well as a Turnstone being pursued by a Peregrine , the most of it. Early on in Petit Port Bay was a male Shelduck and 4 Curlews plus the usual Oystercatchers . In St Ouen's Bay Sandpits were 2 male Pochard , 17 Tufted Duck including 2 juveniles, 13 Black-headed Gulls including one juvenile, a Little Grebe , 83 Coot , a Grey Heron , 30 Swifts and a juvenile Marsh Harrier . 4 Choughs flew over Les Ormes. Around Mont Matthieu were a pale Buzzard , 2 Choughs , a Goldcrest , Ravens with large juveniles, a few Swallows and a Marsh Harrier . Seen from the Wetland Centre were 2 Grey Herons, a Black-headed Gull , a Lesser Black-backed Gull , 2 Little Egrets , a juvenile Marsh Harrier in flight, 20+ Swifts , 30 Sand Martins , 10 Swallows and 10 House Martins . On the Scrape was the Shelduck family of four, also a Grey Heron which was seen off by the male Shelduck , and a juvenile Lapwing . A visit to Les Ecrehous yesterday evening saw c40 Sandwich Terns and one Roseate Tern .