Saturday 12 October 2019

out and about in North Pemb's...

Yesterday afternoon Strumble,1630-1730. Blustery westerly, overcast only  10x50 bins. Steady trickle auks, Gannets and Kittiwakes (quite encouraging ratio of juv's) Two Skuas 1x pp Arctic 1 x dark Skua sp.
Today, Saturday, .Iron Bridge, Nevern Estuary Kingfisher, Jays Long tailed Tits, 5x Redshank 6x Little Grebe 2x L Egret, 2x Grey Heron,ix Curlew, 2x redhead Goosander
150+ Canada Geese, joined by a single Whooper Swan! (something odd looking about its beak but definite Whooper.) well spotted Fran!
From our Garden a large flock of Long Tailed tits passed through and then all took off into the air, slowly climbing to over 100 ft! at least 24 individuals . Never seen them flying up high in the open before