by Michael Dryden
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29 Sept, 2024
29.09.2024 Cormorant passing Corbiere MD High cloud through the morning with patchy rain this afternoon and a significant south-east wind up to force 7 in gusts A varied range of species passed Corbiere this morning, which included 7 dark-bellied Brent Geese , 4 Common Scoters , 7 Balearic Shearwaters , 10 Gannets , 13 Guillemots , 6 auk sp , an adult Arctic Skua , 11 Cormorants , 25 Shags , 17 Lesser Black-backed Gulls , 14 Common Gulls , 14 Mediterranean Gulls , 6 Black-headed Gulls , 32 Great Black-backed Gulls , 27 Sandwich Terns , one tern sp , 2 Curlews , 20 small waders far offshore, and 2 Bottle - nosed Dolphins . Heading West off the headland were 42 Swallows , 12 House Martins , 3 alba Wagtails and 5 Meadow Pipits and hunting there were 2 Peregrines . At Petit Port this afternoon were a Caspian Gull, 60 Great Black-backed Gulls, 21 Lesser Black-backed Gulls , 2 Mediterranean Gulls , a Kingfisher , 11 Turnstones and a Common Sandpiper . In the Sandpits were 280 Swallows , 10 House Martins , 34 Cormorants , 30 Little Grebes , a Great Crested Grebe , 61 Coot , 3 Little Egrets , 4 Grey Herons , 4 Mediterranean Gulls , 26 Black-headed Gull s, 11 Great Black-backed Gulls , 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls , 2 Peregrines , a Stonechat , 8 Linnets and 2 Ravens . At Le Port in St Ouen's Bay were 28 Ringed Plovers, 2 Dunlin , a Sanderling and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls . A Hobby flew over Mont les Vaux in St Aubin this afternoon as well as 30+ Swallows . In St Catherine's Woods this morning were a Grey Heron , a Grey Wagtail and 2 Firecrests . At Devil's Hole were a Grey Heron , a Peregrine and 7 Swallows and in Mourier Valley were 5 Tufted Ducks . Evening update: 4 Cattle Egrets were at Cowley Farm, at the Gunsite were 25 pale-bellied Brent Geese and 5 Black-headed Gulls with 149 Black - headed Gulls and 7 Sandwich Terns were at La Haule and 19 Redshanks plus 46 dark-bellied Brent Geese at St Aubin.