Jersey Birds
20.03.2024 A nice male Black Redstart at Corbiere this morning MD
A dry day with high cloud, feeling a bit Spring-like for the first day of Spring at 14c ! Winds were light from the southeast.
The usual early morning seawatch from Corbiere saw 13 Manx Shearwaters, 7 Common Scoters, 10 Brent Geese, 40 Razorbills, 3 Guillemots, 6 Fulmars, 22 Gannets, 38 Shag, a Sandwich Tern, 2 Kittiwakes, 2 Common Gulls, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Redshank, an arriving Swallow and 4 alba Wagtails, also a Harbour Porpoise. On the headland were a Peregrine, a fine male Wheatear and a male Black- Redstart.
On the Scrape were 2 Shelduck, 25 Teal, 38 Brent Geese, 6 Lapwings and 2 Oystercatchers. The male Pintail was still on the Pond and a Wheatear was on the north side of the Pond with a Skylark at the Cutty Sark.
La Sente fared well today with a list which included a Little Ringed Plover, 5 Greenshanks, 17 Redshanks, 66 Brent Geese, 9 Teal, 2 Shovelers, 52 Cattle Egrets, 12 Little Egrets, a Common Gull, a Black-headed Gull, 38 Pied Wagtails, 6 White Wagtails, 30 Linnets and 20 Goldfinches. At Le Hurel in Grouville Bay were 61 Grey Plovers, 20 Sanderlings, 2 Ringed Plovers, 7 Black-headed Gulls and 350 Brent Geese and at La Rocque were a Black-necked Grebe, 12 Red-breasted Mergansers and 32 Sanderlings. 5 Redshanks and 4 Great Crested Grebes were at Gorey. In Queen's Valley were 33 Black-headed Gulls, 8 Common Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 350 Herring Gulls, 2 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck and early butterflies there included 2 Peacock and a Speckled Wood with a Red Admiral seen at West Park. 2 Cattle Egrets were by St Saviour's Hospital.
In St Aubin's Bay, 74 pale-bellied Brent Geese including 12 young were at St Aubin, also 14 Redshanks and at Beaumont Marsh were 130 dark-bellied Brent and 2 Little Egrets. A further 15 pale-bellied Brent were at Ouaisne and on the North coast, a pair of Dartford Warbler were at Les Platons with 8 Bottle-nosed Dolphin offshore.
Little Ringed Plover at La Sente yesterday ( and probably also today ) Chris Eve
Mick Dryden
Romano da Costa
Tony Paintin
