Sunday, 7th April 2019


A visiting birder reported a Hooded Crow in the west fields this afternoon. IG managed to to relocate the bird in the horse paddocks, but the bird was a Hooded/Carrion Crow hybrid. The flyby Great Egret was the stand out bird of the day.

 Hooded x Carrion Crow. Note the under-tail coverts.

Offshore
8 Teal east, 6 Common Scoters west, 9 Red-breasted Mergansers, 8 Red-throated Divers east, 3 Gannets west and 13 Sandwich Terns east.

Visible Migration
5 Wood Pigeons east, 6 Sand Martins north-east, 11 Swallows north-east, 17 Alba Wagtails north-east, 770 Meadow Pipits north-east, 55 Linnets east,6 Redpolls east, 49 Goldfinch east and 32 Siskins east.

Grounded Migrants
10 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 15 Wheatears,1 White Wagtail, 2 Lesser Redpolls, 34 Twite and 5 Siskins.

 Wheatear

Others
1 Great Egret flew east along the promenade this morning, 1 Gadwall, 4 Goldeneyes, 1 Little Egret, 32 Ringed Plovers, 36 Black-tailed Godwits, 175 Turnstones, 100 Knots, 60 Sanderlings, 4 Snipe and 2 Ravens.

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