22 Dec 19

Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Penns Wood, St Andrew's Church, Church Ope Cove and Church Ope Cove Wood.

Another day where I struggled to find any decent birds with just singles of Chiffchaff, Firecrest and Goldcrest. Best of the morning though was finding the "Eastern" Lesser Whitethroat again. This time in its "new" location east of the bridge along the railway cuttings Here in Wakeham.

Elsewhere the Great Spotted Woodpecker was in Penns Wood, whilst on the beach there were 7 Rock Pipits and a Grey Wagtail.

Here is a breakdown of the birds seen today.

Wakeham Railway Cuttings: The "Eastern" Lesser Whitethroat and a Goldcrest

Penns Wood: 1 Firecrest and a Great Spotted Woodpecker

Church Ope Cove: 7 Rock Pipit and a Grey Wagtail. Out to sea a few Gannets and a Cormorant

Church Ope Cove Wood: 1 Chiffchaff and 5 Long-tailed Tit

Here are a couple of images from today:

One of the 7 Rock Pipits on the beach today. 

Whelk egg cases

Birds Recorded: 7+ Gannet, 1 Cormorant, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 "Eastern" Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff,  Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch

Flies Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)

Ships Today

This is the Cargo ship "Dong A Glaucos" flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. It is on its way from Zeebrugge to Baltimore (Maryland, USA). More on this vessel Here.

This is the Cargo Ship "Fehn Calypso" flying the flag of Antigua Barbuda. It is on its way from Eemshaven (Holland) to Gemlik (Turkey) More on this vessel Here.

Here is "Dong A Glaucos" about to pass "Fehn Calypso".

This is the Dutch Cargo ship "Anita" on its way from Antwerp (Belgium) to New Ross (Ireland). More on this vessel Here

This is the British Buoy-laying Vessel "Patricia" on its way from Yarmouth to Teignmouth. More on this vessel Here.

The large waves are on the Shambles Sandbank, an area the large boats avoid. Today there are automatic marker buoys around the sandbank. However between 1859 until 1976 there used to be Shambles Lightships. More on these Here.

This is the Vehicles Carrier "Crystal Ace" flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. It is on its way from Zeebrugge to Koper (Slovenia). More on this vessel Here.

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On this day..........

2018
Today's Sightings Here.

2017
Today's Sightings Here.