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15.08.2024 The Jersey Bird Report for 2023 is now on sale via the Societe Jersiaise and Costa Electrics. The cover features this beautiful image of a Kentish Plover, taken in St Ouen's Bay by Romano. RdC
A fair day with high cloud and a southwest wind, still feeling warm at 22c.
Yesterday's Red-backed Shrike spent a second day at Noirmont in the same location and also seen on the ground there were a Redstart, 3 Wheatears, 4 Stonechats, 5+ Willow Warblers and an hippolais warbler, possibly a Melodious Warbler, which evaded identification. It was still very quiet there for visible migrants with just 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 12 Swallows and a Sand Martin of note.
Early passage past Corbiere involved 203 Manx Shearwaters, 25 Balearic Shearwaters, 5 Fulmars, 22 Gannets, 20 Mediterranean Gull, 24 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 6 Black-headed Gulls, a Whimbrel, 10 unidentified waders ( probably also Whimbrels), 7 House Martins and a Peregrine.
In Petit Port later morning, were 21 Mediterranean Gulls, 15 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Sandwich Terns and 28 Curlews and in St Ouen's Bay were 75 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 54 Great Black-backed Gulls.
Around St Ouen's Pond were 12 Sedge Warblers, 3 Willow Warblers, 15 Reed Warblers, 15 Swallows, 15 House Martins, 7 Swifts, a Stonechat, 7 Shovelers, 2 Teal, a Greenshank, a Barn Owl and a Sparrowhawk. On the Scrape were 6 Teal, 5 Shovelers, a Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper and a Water Rail. On Mont Matthieu were 4 Little Grebes, 4 Swifts, 25 House Martins, 20 Swallows and 60 Linnets.
