10.03.2025 A nice selection of the 88 Cattle Egrets which appeared at La Sente today, with thanks to Alan Gicquel for the image AG
A mainly overcast day with some light rain, feeling mild in a moderate southeast wind.
La Sente featured well today, with the 88 Cattle Egrets present, almost certainly a day record for any site in Jersey. This afternoon, the first Little Ringed Plover of the year visited there, with others seen today including 2 Shelduck, 30 Redshanks, 2 Curlews and 4 White Wagtails. At La Rocque this afternoon were a Great Northern Diver, a Slavonian Grebe, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 81 Grey Plovers, 90 Sanderlings, 60 Dunlin, 55 Curlews, 22 Turnstones, 2 Redshanks and 3 Greenshanks, with 8 Common Scoters in Grouville Bay.
It was a little busier at Corbiere than in recent days and seen passing were 263 Razorbills, 12 Guillemots, a flock of 24 Teal moving North, 61 Brent Geese, 2 Fulmars, 15 Gannets, 9 Cormorants, 31 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Common Gulls, 4 Mediterranean Gulls, 4 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Peregrines with food, 3 White Wagtails and a Chiffchaff which arrived from the southwest and landed on the first convenient rock. At Petit Port after this afternoon's high tide were 17 Curlews, 7 Brent Geese, a Cormorant, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls and a Grey Seal.
On St Ouen's Pond were 22 Shovelers, 9 Teal, a Pochard, 2 Little Grebes, 10 Brent Geese, 2 Snipe and 4 Marsh Harriers. On a busy Scrape were 120 Brent Geese, the Pink-footed Goose and Barnacle Goose, 2 Shelduck, 38 Teal, 10 Wigeon with another 4 flying over towards the Pond, and 6 Lapwings.
In St Brelade's Bay were 8 Brent Geese and at Beaumont Marsh were 2 Teal, 60 Starlings, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 2 White Wagtails and a Marsh Harrier. A Kingfisher was in St Helier Marina. This evening in the Marina was a roost of 90 White Wagtails and 30 Pied Wagtails.
In Bouley Bay were a Grey Wagtail and a Grey Heron and in Rozel Harbour were 4 dark-bellied Brent Geese. A Redwing was at Mont a l'Abbe this evening
Below: This morning's Chiffchaff at Corbiere, resting after it's very late arrival for a nocturnal migrant.
30.11.2025 Who can resist another photo of the Snow Bunting which was still feeding along the sea wall in St Ouen's Bay today, thanks to Keith Pyman for the photo. Seen passing Corbiere in an hour this morning were 374 Kittiwake , 43 Mediterranean Gull , 33 Black-headed Gull , 9 Common Gull , a Fulmar , 16 Gannet , 2,617 Razorbill and 61 Guillemot while nearby at Petit Port were 28 Curlew , 17 Little Egret and 14 Brent Geese . The Bittern was seen again at the Scrape, on the Pond were 38 Shoveler and 2 Little Grebe while at Le Pulec were 13 Little Egret and 3 Stonechat . The family of Whooper Swan are still at Grouville Marsh and down at La Collette were a Stonechat and a Pied Wagtail .
29.11.2025 One of our more common migrants, this Meadow Pipit was photographed feeding along the sea wall in St Ouen's Bay by Keith Pyman recently. Seen at Beaumont Marsh this morning were 310 Brent Geese while roosting at Petit Port were 31 Curlew , a Turnstone , 46 Brent Geese , 22 Great Black-backed Gull , 5 Little Egret and 2 Cormorant . At Handois were 28 Tufted Duck , 8 Cormorant , a Grey Heron , a Woodcock , 6 Goldcrest , 140 Redwing , a Fieldfare , 4 Song Thrush , 5 Siskin , 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker and 6 Raven . Elsewhere, the Snow Bunting was still in St Ouen's Bay and 22 Raven were in Vallee des Vaux.
28.11.2025 A good looking male Stonechat in St Ouen's Bay taken by Keith Pyman recently. Seen on Queen's Valley today were 2 Great Crested Grebe , 21 Tufted Duck , a Grey Heron , 2 Firecrest , 12 Redwing and a Kingfisher while the family of Whooper Swan were still at Grouville Marsh, 16 Cattle Egret were along Rue du Moulin de Bas and yesterday evening a Short-eared Owl was seen in Grouville Bay. At La Rocque were 79 Brent Geese , 10 Redshank , 32 Turnstone and a Grey Plover . A ringtail Hen Harrier was seen at Crabbe this afternoon. Out west at the Scrape were a Wigeon and 16 Lapwing , while off L'Etacq were 500 mixed Gulls, 200 auks and 25 Gannets passing by, 41 Ringed Plover were on St Ouens beach and the Snow Bunting was still feeding in the bay. At Beaumont Marsh were 200 Brent Geese and 2 Little Egret while on Mont es Neaux were 12 Fieldfare , 6 Redwing , 7 Skylark , 2 Snipe , 5 Pied Wagtail , a Siskin and 2 Kestrel . At Rue des Pres were 6 Water Rail , 5 Redwing , a Siskin , 8 Chiffchaff , 3 Firecrest , 2 Goldcrest and 5 Cetti's Warbler . Elsewhere, 5 Razorbill were off St Catherine's, a Stonechat and a Dartford Warbler were at Les Platons, 900 Chaffinch were along Talavera lane, 150 Chaffinch along Rue du Tapon and at Grands Vaux were 3 Tufted Duck , a Grey Heron and 2 Chiffchaff . Below, the female Stonechat , taken by Keith.
27.11.2025 The Snow Bunting was still happily feeding away along the sea wall in St Ouen's Bay this morning RdC Seen at Crabbe this morning were 220 Chaffinch , 2 Brambling , 30 Goldfinch , 8 Linnet , 14 Reed Bunting , a Redwing , 4 Song Thrush , a Stonechat , 2 Chiffchaff , a Sparrowhawk , a Marsh Harrier and 2 Chough . The Whooper Swan family were still at Grouville Marsh, 8 Cattle Egret were near Holme Grown and at La Rocque were 200 Sanderling , 50 Dunlin , 20 Curlew and a Grey Plover . In St Ouen's Bay alongside the Snow Bunting were 25 Goldfinch , 6 Skylark and 12 Pied Wagtail . In Vallee des Vaux this afternoon were 25 Redwing , a singing Song Thrush , 2 Siskin , 4 Goldcrest , 2 Firecrest , 2 Chiffchaff and 7 Greenfinch . Yesterday evening at St Ouen's Pond were 30 Reed Bunting , 15 Chiffchaff , 6 Cetti's Warbler , 2 Blackcap , 4 Water Rail and 12 Marsh Harrier .
26.11.2025 The Snow Bunting feeding well in St Ouen's Bay this morning, thanks to Tony Paintin for the photo In St Ouen's Bay this morning were 44 Ringed Plover , 17 Dunlin , 12 Sanderling , 46 Great Black-backed Gull , 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull , 6 Skylark , a Snow Bunting , 2 Stonechat , 25 Goldfinch and 10 Little Egret were at Le Pulec. Seen around St Ouen's Pond were a Bittern , 2 Snipe , 16 Teal , 27 Shoveler , 11 Tufted Duck , 3 Cormorant , a Little Grebe , a Water Rail and 3 Grey Heron . In Grouville Bay were 684 Brent Geese , a Black-throated Diver , 7 Great Crested Grebe and a Shelduck while at La Rocque were 21 Red-breasted Merganser and a Black-necked Grebe . Up at Noirmont were 50 Woodpigeon , 6 Chaffinch , 7 Meadow Pipit , 2 Song Thrush , 2 Black Redstart , a Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Common Gull . In St Aubin's Bay were a Kingfisher , 33 Redshank and 15 Turnstone and 159 Brent Geese at West Park. At Beaumont Marsh were 60 Brent Geese , 2 Grey Wagtail , a Snipe and 3 alba Wagtail while in St Brelades Bay were a Great Crested Grebe , 18 Raven , 2 Firecrest , a Grey Wagtail and a Black Redstart . A Kingfisher and a Common Gull were at Grands Vaux, another Kingfisher was at Queen's Valley and 2 Teal were at Fauvic. Below, another view of the Snow Bunting from yesterday, thanks to Jo Bramley
25.11.2025 A great shot of a Firecrest at Queen's Valley, taken by Tony Morin Seen in St Aubin's bay this morning were 32 Redshank , 17 Turnstone , 4 Great Crested Grebe and 200 Black-headed Gull with 66 Brent Geese at Beaumont Marsh. In St Ouen's Bay were 17 Sanderling , 12 Dunlin , 39 Ringed Plover , 2 Skylark , 4 Stonechat , 8 Pied Wagtail and a Snow Bunting while feeding offshore were at least 500 mixed Gulls and 200 Razorbill . A male Serin was seen along Chemin de L'Ouziere and at St Ouen's Pond were 16 Lapwing , 31 Shoveler and 27 Starling while in the Sandpits 9 Pochard and a Lapwing . The Whooper Swan family was still feeding at Grouville Marsh while on Queen's Valley were a Wigeon , 2 Teal and 7 Greenshank and 21 Cattle Egret were around La Sente and 2 more near Trinity manor. Yesterday afternoon at Grouville Marsh were 52 Coot , 2 Wigeon , 2 Grey Heron , a Firecrest , 5 Chiffchaff , 2 Water Rail , 25 Reed Bunting , 135 Redwing , 6 Song Thrush , 3 Marsh Harrier , 60 Starling and 94 Jackdaw .
24.11.2025 A handsome drake Shoveler taking off! RdC Seen at St Ouen's Pond this morning were 34 Shoveler , 2 Little Grebe and a Stonechat while 14 Curlew were at Le Pulec. Passing La Coupe were a Great Northern Diver , 38 Kittiwake , a Common Gull , 8 Guillemot and 487 Razorbill . A Great Crested Grebe was in St Brelades bay and 2 Pied Wagtail were in Parade gardens. The 5 Whooper Swan were still at Grouville Marsh, 11 Cattle Egret were at La Sente and 8 Grey Heron were at Fauvic.
23.11.2025 One of the many Cattle Egret that are wintering on our island, once a very rare visitor, now around 100 spend a few months here. Thanks to Susan Renouf for this photo. In Grouville Bay this morning were 852 Brent Geese , a Pale-bellied Brent Goose , a Black-necked Grebe , 6 Great Crested Grebe , 560 Dunlin , 244 Sanderling , 210 Grey Plover , 16 Ringed Plover , 224 Turnstone , 22 Redshank , 7 Greenshank , 117 Oystercatcher and a Common Gull while 5 Red-breasted Merganser and a Peregrine were at La Rocque and between there and Le Hocq were 609 Oystercatcher , 15 Curlew , 52 Redshank , 23 Grey Plover , 18 Turnstone , 31 Sanderling , 11 Dunlin , a Shelduck and 14 Little Egret . Passing La Coupe were 5 Great Northern Diver , a Common Gull , 4 Mediterranean Gull , 33 Kittiwake , 4 Gannet , 341 Razorbill and 6 Guillemot . 35 Cattle Egrets were spread out in fields around La Sente, a pair of Wigeon were at Queen's Valley and the 5 Whooper Swan were still at Grouville Marsh. At the Scrape were 13 Lapwing , 60 Starling , a Firecrest and 4 Marsh Harrier while nearby 39 Ringed Plover were on the beach and at Petit Port were 50 Great Black-backed Gull and 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull . In St Aubin's Bay were 217 Brent Geese , 71 Pale-bellied Brent Geese , 31 Redshank , 15 Turnstone , 26 Oystercatcher and 4 Great Crested Grebe . Elsewhere, 200 Starling were at La Collette, a Grey Wagtail was in Old St Johns Road and 32 Redwing were in Vallee des Vaux.
22.11.2025 One of a good number of Common Gulls which have recently arrived along the east coast RdC Seen at a wet and windy Gorey this morning were 32 Common Gull , 3 Mediterranean Gull and 300 Black-headed Gull while further down the bay at Le Hurel were 11 Turnstone , 15 Cattle Egret were at La Sente and at La Rocque another Common Gull , 18 Ringed Plover, 70 Dunlin, 200 Grey Plover , 65 Oystercatcher , 15 Turnstone , a Great Crested Grebe , 320 Brent Geese , a Red-breasted Merganser and a Sandwich Tern with 2 Stonechat in nearby fields. The family of Whooper Swan were still at Grouville Marsh along with 5 Cattle Egret , 20 Chiffchaff , 2 Blackcap , 2 Firecrest , 2 Cetti's Warbler , 2 Reed Bunting , 8 Redwing , 4 Song Thrush , 6 Siskin , a Grey Wagtail , 2 Woodcock and a Water Rail while in fields near Grouville Parish hall were a Fieldfare , 6 Redwing , 400 Chaffinch , 5 Brambling , 15 Linnet , 30 Goldfinch , 2 Reed Bunting , 25 Jackdaw , 2 Raven and a Sparrowhawk and up at Le Catillon were 10 Common Gull and 9 Cattle Egret . Passing La Coupe this morning were the first Red-throated Diver of the autumn, 1,016 Razorbill , 2 Guillemot , 2 Common Gull , a Lesser Black-backed Gull , 7 Kittiwake and 4 Gannet . At Petit Port were 21 Curlew , 26 Great Black-backed Gull , 4 Little Egret and 25 Brent Geese. Elsewhere, 6 Redwing and a Siskin were in Vallee des Vaux, a Stonechat and 2 Raven were at Egypt and 3 Grey Heron were at Fauvic. Below, Common Gull alongside a Black-headed Gull RdC
21.11.2025 The Whooper Swan family was still feeding well at Grouville Marsh this morning, thanks to Alan Gicquel It was very quiet over Victoria Tower this morning with just a Woodcock , 6 Redwing , 5 Song Thrush and 48 Chaffinch flying over. A Great Northern Diver flew past St Catherine's breakwater and at La Rocque were 20 Ringed Plover , 24 Dunlin , 18 Grey Plover , 15 Little Egret , a Red-breasted Merganser and 400 Brent Geese . 3 Cattle Egret were near the Steam Museum and at least 20 were feeding at Grouville Marsh alongside the 5 Whooper Swans . Below, Two of the juvenile Whooper Swan RdC .
