Jersey Birds
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27.10.2024 A very smart looking Blackbird at Noirmont MD
A fine day with light northwest winds.
If yesterday was a busy day for Woodpigeons then today was a scale up again, with 75,630 passing over Noirmont through the morning and smaller numbers reported from various roost sites around the Island. Apart from that, it was a quieter day at Noirmont, although most other species numbers would be undercounts, given the above. Counts included 7 Skylarks, 126 Redwings, 29 Song Thrushes, 9 Blackbirds, 27 Stock Doves, 636 Starlings, 149 Chaffinches, 75 Linnets, 31 Goldfinches, 2 Reed Buntings, 83 Meadow Pipits, 6 Stonechats, 10+ Robins, 4 Dartford Warblers, 26 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Marsh Harriers and 5 Buzzards. The visible migration counts from Victoria Tower included a Great White Egret, 201 Redwings, 14 Song Thrushes, 10 Blackbirds, 8 Skylarks, 364 Woodpigeons, 14 Stock Doves, 107 Chaffinches, 12 Goldfinches, 8 Greenfinches, 2 Siskins, 13 Pied Wagtails, 11 Meadow Pipits, a Firecrest and 2 Goldcrests.
Further single Great White Egrets were seen at La Hougue Bie and Queen's Valley, where a Common Gull was also present and a Snow Bunting was reported from Fort Henry in Grouville Bay.
At Ouaisne this morning were a Yellow-browed Warbler, 12 Firecrests, a Goldcrest, 10 Chiffchaffs, a Reed Bunting, 5 Song Thrushes, 4 Redwings, 2 Water Rails and 4 Skylarks flying over and at Petit Port were 37 Curlews, a Whimbrel, 15 Ringed Plovers, 68 Black-headed Gulls, 8 Little Egrets, a Kingfisher and 4 Turnstones. At St Aubin were 200+ Black-headed Gulls, 68 Brent Geese and 28 Redshanks. In the St Helier Marina were a Kingfisher and a roost of at least 272 alba Wagtails. On the Scrape were 5 Lapwings, a Snipe, 8 Teal and a Water Rail. 26 Ringed Plovers and 2 Pied Wagtails were by Sands. At Dannemarche reservoir were 22 Tufted Ducks.
23 Cattle Egrets were at Grouville Marsh, a Grey Wagtail and 2 Ravens were in St Catherine's Woods and at Rue du Pont in Trinity were a Siskin, a Goldcrest and a late House Martin.
In Vallee des Vaux this evening were 2 Firecrests, a Goldcrest, a Siskin and 9 Redwings.
Mick Dryden
Romano da Costa
Tony Paintin
