In the first part of the week the wind was from the north-east and so it felt brutally cold especially at the Sailing Club. Sunday’s WeBS count from Inchmery Quay, where you look south and south west, was more sheltered. At Mary Monts I was hoping to see the pink littoralis Rock Pipit again orContinue reading “March 5th to 9th 2022”
Category Archives: birds
Wednesday 19th January 2022
Adam, Matt and I arranged to meet to do some work on the scrape at Great Marsh. The Avocet Islands have sunk gradually since Adam created them four years ago. The aim of today was to add another 6-9 inches of mud onto the raised areas so that they wouldn’t be submerged even after heavyContinue reading “Wednesday 19th January 2022”
Sunday 16th January 2022
A WeBS count day. I met Ian at Inchmery Quay at just after 8:30am. WeBS highlights included 900 Dunlin, 275 Knot and a single Golden Plover in with the 190 Grey Plover. On the sea there were three Slavonian Grebes and two Razorbills and at Rye Errish (Park Lane) a Firecrest was in the gardenContinue reading “Sunday 16th January 2022”
Thursday 13th January 2022
I headed back to the top of Park Lane to try and relocate Monday’s possible tristis chiffchaff. I parked next to Errish House and almost immediately I picked up three Chiffchaffs in the ivy covered trees which stand along the edge of the garden. The first one I photographed looked very pale and I’m prettyContinue reading “Thursday 13th January 2022”
Patch Birding 