Jersey Birds
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15.03.2024 Representatives of several goose species are loitering at St Ouen's Pond at the moment, some of doubtful origin, but still nice to see. Pink-footed Goose above and several more below MD
This morning's counts at St Ouen's Pond included the male Pintail, 18 Shovelers, a pair of Oystercatcher and 12 Snipe, while at the Scrape were the Pink-footed Goose, the White-fronted Goose, 35 Teal, a Wheatear and a pair of Stonechat.
A good selection of species, seen from Seymour Slip on the morning high tide included 2 Great Northern Divers, a displaying pair of Great Crested Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebes, a Slavonian Grebe, 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 Common Scoters, 522 Brent Geese, 14 Razorbills, 5 Cormorants, 11 Sandwich Terns, 4 Common Gulls, but not a single Black-headed Gull. Waders seen there included 10 Bar-tailed Godwits, 190 Grey Plovers, 9 Curlews, 60 Dunlin, 32 Sanderlings, 52 Turnstones and 95 Oystercatchers. At La Sente on the high tide were 200-300 Brent Geese coming in from Grouville Bay to wash, the pair of Shelduck, 12 Teal, 44 Cattle Egrets, 24 Little Egrets, 5 Greenshanks, 28 Redshanks, 64 Black-headed Gulls, 4 Common Gulls, 3 Mediterranean Gulls, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 4 Great Black-backed Gulls, 8 Grey Herons, 24 alba Wagtails including at least 3 White Wagtails, and an overflying Raven. In Queen's Valley were 3 Common Gulls and 2 Black-headed Gulls.
At Beaumont Marsh were 160 Brent Geese including 30 pale-bellied Brent, 2 Shovelers and a Pied Wagtail. At Rozel were a further 30 dark-bellied Brent Geese. 20 pale-bellied Brent were outside St Aubin's Harbour this afternoon.
At the former La Rocque conservation fields were 2 White Wagtails, a Pied Wagtail and 4 Song Thrushes and on the St Michael's School cricket pitch were 24 Pied Wagtails and 2 White Wagtails. In Vallee des Vaux were 4 Siskins, 4 Bullfinches, 3 Blackcaps, 4 Buzzards and a Long-tailed Tit nestbuilding.
In St Helier, a female Blackcap was foraging on berries near Great Union Road
Brent Geese, Barnacle Goose, White-fronted Goose, and of course....
Mick Dryden
Romano da Costa
Tony Paintin
