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16.02.2025 Wigeon over St Ouen's Pond today MD
A better day with good amounts of sunshine, but still cold at a maximum 6c in an easterly wind.
At St Ouen's Pond this morning were 289 Brent Geese, 15 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 5 Pochard, a Tufted Duck, 3 Shovelers, 3 Grey Herons, 12 Snipe, 67 Lapwings, 14 Mediterranean Gulls, 6 Black-headed Gulls, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 40 Starlings.
Seen passing Corbiere first thing were a Red-throated Diver, a single Brent Goose, 8 Razorbills, 70 Gannets, 11 Fulmars, 16 Cormorants, 8 Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Kittiwakes, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 48 Curlews, with 25 Purple Sandpipers roosting there. In Petit Port Bay were 37 Curlews, 12 Turnstones, 32 Mediterranean Gulls and 6 Little Egrets.
At Crabbe were a male and a ring-tailed Hen Harrier, also a Merlin.
Counts for La Sente this morning included c500 Brent Geese, 2 Shelduck, 86 Redshanks, 5 Greenshanks, 11 Grey Herons, 17 Little Egrets, a Cattle Egret and 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls while at Grouville Marsh was a Mistle Thrush. Among waders at La Rocque were 120 Dunlin, 340 Sanderlings, 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 Mediterranean Gulls, a Common Gull and a Black Redstart.
In Beaumont Marsh were 400 Brent Geese, 3 Shovelers, a Peregrine and a Water Rail, while at St Aubin were 32 Redshanks, 9 Turnstones and 9 adult pale-bellied Brent Geese.
A gathering of birds in Rue de la Garenne in Trinity involved a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, 2 Ravens, several Redwings, 6 Long-tailed Tits and a selection of finches including Chaffinches, Goldfinches and Greenfinches. At Cowley Farm were 2 Cattle Egrets.
Garden birds in Vallee des Vaux included 4 Bullfinches, 2 Firecrests, 2 Blackcaps also 52 Redwings, 2 Ravens and 5 Woodcock at Dusk.
Yesterday, in Rue de la Croiserie were 74 Redwings and 4 Song Thrushes.
Below: A mass arrival of Brent Geese at St Ouen's Pond, spot the only juvenile ! MD
