After the
dull and damp weather of this morning decided to go and have a quiet sit at the Corse. It was quiet in many ways with the odd brief moment of activity.
Two Grey Herons, one Wigeon and hearing a couple of Water Rail were the only wetland birds.
Small
flocks of starling intermittently crossed the corse often in groups of 10-30, with
a feeding flock on the far side at one point estimated at a couple of hundred
birds. Could hear two chough intermittently where I had sat alongside the track. A couple of Stonechat in the hedge line. Someone from a campervan had chucked bread out behind the car park at Freshwater West, so Rooks were trying to work out when to grab and go.  |
| Rooks |
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| Stonechat |
Bird of
prey wise, had the very briefest of sightings of a kestrel when walking up from
Freshwater West towards Starmans at distance. A buzzard came and sat on a
post at distance for a short while. Two Marsh Harriers, one of which was an adult female were intermittently seen along the far side channel. I had a few brief distant glimpses of the Hen Harrier with
the last sighting of it heading up and over hill towards Range West.  |
| Buzzard |
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| Adult Marsh Harrier |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Distant view of Hen Harrier |
