Jersey Birds

19.01.2024  A cute shot of a Siskin in the Zoo car park, with thanks to Tom Frazer

A fine day in a cold southeast, becoming southerly wind (7c)

Around St Ouen's Bay and Scrape this morning were 28 Shovelers, 32 Teal, 18 Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 4 Snipe, a Water Pipit, 96 Lapwings, a Mediterranean Gull, a Stonechat, 40 Linnets and a Peregrine and at Kempt Tower pools were a pair of Little Grebe displaying, 11 Shovelers and 4 Tufted Duck. 

Passing Corbiere through the morning were 12 Red-throated Divers, 3 Common Scoters, 2 Brent Geese, 1,930 Razorbills, 20 Guillemots, 113 Gannets, 2 Fulmars, 156 Kittiwakes, 7 Common Gulls, 44 Mediterranean Gulls, 4 Turnstones and a Pied Wagtail and at Petit Port were 47 Curlews and 5 Little Egrets. Feeding  outside St Ouen's Bay were several pods of dolphins which included at least 50 Common Dolphins and 3 Bottle nosed Dolphins. La Coupe was fairly lifeless with just one Guillemot and 2 Gannets seen late morning.

At Beaumont Marsh were 128 Brent Geese two of which were pale-bellied Brent, 7 Shovelers and 4 Snipe and in St Brelade's Bay were 11 Brent Geese and 2 Great Crested Grebes. At Rue des Hetres in St Peter were 120 Lapwings and the first 50 Golden Plovers of the season.

At a frozen La Sente were 2 Lapwings, 18 Grey Herons, 42 Little Egrets and a Redshank. In Grouville Bay, as viewed from Seymour, were 275 Sanderlings, 7 Ringed Plovers, 8 Dunlin, a Peregrine and a Black Redstart. In Samares Lane were 200 Linnets.

IYesterday evening at La Haule were 25 Sanderlings and 10 Dunlin

Below:  This Peregrine was standing in the road near Havre des Pas today. Well done to Mary de Carteret for guarding the bird from passing traffic until it flew off, and getting this nice image!