Let’s
start today where we left off yesterday at The Mere where the 4♂3♀ Goosanders
were still present but the Goldeneyes had increased to 3♂1♀ and there were also
a Kingfisher and a Little Grebe on site.
At
Long Nab there was some geese movement this morning, at 09.43 a White-fronted
Goose went southwest with 7 Greylag Geese then at 10.23 16 White-fronted Geese
went south. A Little Egret flew south at 10.03 and a Tundra Bean Goose, 3 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Greylag Geese were in
a field SW of Crook Ness before flying west over Cromer Point Sewage Works at
12.10. Only 9 Shore Larks could be
found in the field to the south of Crook Ness today and the Whooper Swan was
still in the Scalby Lodge pond field.
At
Scalby Mills today there was a Dipper on the Beck and a Chiffchaff and in North
Bay 2 Red-throated Divers, 2 Common Scoter and 2 Mute Swans.
The
Harbour/South Bay area was still holding on to 2 Black-necked Grebes, 2 Great
Northern Divers and 2 Long-tailed Ducks and also 5 Common
Scoter and a Mute Swan. Further south in Cornelian Bay we had a single Velvet
Scoter, 10 Grey Plover, 9 Ringed Plover and a Mute Swan.
Further
inland there were flocks of 50 and 20 Bramblings and a total of 350 Fieldfares
at Wilton Heights and nearby at Ellerburn/Sand Dale 4 Willow Tits, 7 Marsh
Tits, 4 Crossbills, 150+ Siskins, 4 Grey Wagtails and 17 Grey Herons. Also
inland but a little to the northeast of Dalby Forest is Langdale Forest where
the Great Grey Shrike was seen
again, well but rather distantly.
Also
today there were 30+ White-fronted Geese behind the smaller pond at Seamer Tip
at 11.00.
Finally
at Johnson’s Marsh during the day there were maximum counts of 12 Grey Herons,
96 Wigeon and 5 Lapwings.
Goldeneye - The Mere - Pauline Dent |
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