Jersey Birds

29.02.2024 One of the many splendid looking Mediterranean Gulls taking advantage of the waterlogged fields RdC

Another day of just more rain!

Good numbers of birds around the south east today, starting at Pontac on the high tide were 324 Grey Plover, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 230 Dunlin and 260 Oystercatcher while at La Rocque were 2 Black-necked Grebe, 14 Red-breasted Merganser, a Great Crested Grebe, 2 Black Redstart and 87 Brent Geese, with another 350 Brent Geese in Causie Lane which included a single Pale-bellied.

Arriving at Seymour as the tide went out were 612 Dunlin, 64 Sanderling, 163 Turnstone and 127 Grey Plover while at La Sente were 2 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 40 Brent Geese, 5 Greenshank, 35 Redshank, 8 Curlew, 5 Mediterranean Gull, a Common Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 14 Cattle Egret, 8 Grey Heron, a Moorhen and 16 Pied Wagtail.

Up at Le Catillon it was a bit of a Gull-fest, with 86 Common Gull, 33 Mediterranean Gull, 34 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 78 Black-headed Gull and 230 Herring Gull.

Out west at St Ouen's Pond were 15 Wigeon, the White-fronted Goose, 6 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Skylark, 100 Linnet and a Stonechat while in the Sandpits were a Pochard, 12 Little Grebe, a Great Crested Grebe, 8 Tufted Duck and 4 Stonechat. The pale Buzzard was again at the bottom of Jubilee hill.