28.06.2024 4 Guillemots, including one bridled Guillemot, sitting below Grosnez this morning MD
A fair to cloudy morning in a fresh west-northwest wind, becoming fine this afternoon.
Odds and ends were passing Grosnez this morning, mainly heading West with counts there including 9 Manx Shearwaters, 3 Balearic Shearwaters, 6 Guillemots, a Razorbill, 25 Gannets, 24 Fulmars, 31 Shags, 7 Cormorants, 19 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 28 Great Black-backed Gulls, 3 Mediterranean Gulls, a Black-headed Gull, 4 Kittiwakes and 4 Bottle-nosed Dolphins, with a Peregrine, a Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrels, a Marsh Harrier, 8 Choughs and 5 Ravens also seen.
At Le Pulec were 11 Little Egrets, at La Pulente were 5 Little Egrets and the family of 5 Shelduck and at Petit Port were 26 Curlews and another Little Egret. The 2 juvenile Shelduck were on the Scrape still, until yesterday at least.
At St Aubin, the first 3 Redshanks were back at the roost today with 81 Black-headed Gulls and a Mediterranean Gull roosting on the beach there too.
In St Helier, Kestrels were feeding one juvenile at a site near Pier Road.
Below: Another view of the bridled Guillemot MD
Mick Dryden
Romano da Costa
Tony Paintin