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| Black Brant |
Really chuffed to pick it out among the various groups of Brents. Although it IS rather distinctive!
On the way home I drove down Snakey, as I often do. 27th of January and no Partridges on the Year List. A flurry of birds in the stubble...
Sneaked a slightly closer one...
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| Grey Partridge (P.59, H.44) |
Like Buses...
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| Red-legged Partridge (P.60, H.45) |
Plenty of Yellowhammers (H.46) and Chaffinches (H.47) about and the Winter Thrush flock is still in residence. Belated additions! A late afternoon stroll revealed c20 Red-throated Divers offshore and a distant Stonechat (H.48) was still lingering by the Runnel...
Today started with a stiff walk up to Mill Hill from Cliff Farm via Old Hive. Nothing much was seen on the outward stroll. On returning to Old Hive a Stonechat suddenly appeared and started feeding on the grass...
Another flock of Winter Thrushes landed in the Copse...
A small skein of Pink-footed Geese headed North/Home?
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| 22 |
As I was down the South end I decided to try for the Snow Buntings at the Gas Terminal. I tried North of the field to start with but no joy. I then tried further South and walked the coastal path as I could look down onto the beach...
I declined the Fisherman's cut out "kamikaze" path and viewed from above. Despite their superb camouflage I managed to locate them...
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| 14 of 16 present |
They were around 50 yds away for around 5 minutes before flying off South...
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