25.07.2024 A recently taken image of a Common Tern MD
A poor day weatherwise, with varying amounts of rain throughout the day in overcast conditions and a southerly wind.
Seen from a survey boat five miles west of Grosnez this morning was a Great Shearwater. Formerly an extreme rarity in our waters, varying numbers have been seen in the early Autumn for the last three years, even from coastal watches, so fingers crossed for another good year! Also seen were 7 Storm Petrels, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 35 Balearic Shearwaters, 2 Guillemots, 2 Sandwich Terns, a Mediterranean Gull and 14 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
Senn from Corbiere in a shortened seawatch, due to the conditions, were 3 Manx Shearwaters, 52 Gannets, a Common Tern, 18 Mediterranean Gulls, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 2 Curlews, while at Petit Port were 33 Curlews, 3 Whimbrels, 6 Little Egrets and 23 Mediterranean Gulls.
At St Ouen's Pond and Scrape were 3 Grey Herons, 2 overflying Whimbrels, a Snipe, 5 Shovelers and a Lesser Black-backed Gull, while in the Sandpits were 26 Swifts, 100 Sand Martins, 5 House Martins, 150 Coot, 14 Tufted Ducks, 4 Little Grebes, a Redshank, a Mediterranean Gull and 2 Stonechats.
More reports from yesterday include, at St Ouen's Pond, a Sedge Warbler, 15 Reed Warblers, 2 Swifts, 600 Swallows, 30 Sand Martins and 2 Stonechats, a Peregrine, a Sparrowhawk, a pale-phase Buzzard and 3 juvenile Marsh Harriers and on the Sand Dunes, 3 families of Stonechats.
Mick Dryden
Romano da Costa
Tony Paintin