A much sunnier day, with a slight breeze and a lot more birds about. Main highlights late morning, early this afternoon were the Yellow-browed Warbler and 2 Goldcrests in Penns Wood, a Black Redstart, 11 Rock Pipits, 1 Grey Wagtail and a Pied Wagtail at the cove, plus at the back of the cove a Chiffchaff again.
And the one that got away though, as I was stood on the beach, was a raptor, which could well have been a female Goshawk making its way south over Penns Wood. It was certainly large!!
And with sun were 3 juvenile Wall Lizards basking in the grounds of St Andrew's Church
Here are a few images and videos from today:
And in the northeast corner of the cove a Black Redstart appeared today.
Is it the overwintering bird. Possibly, but it does have a wander every now and then.
There were a few Rock Pipits on the beach today.
This is a 1st Winter Pied Wagtail with a yellowish face and.............
...........it has found a great spot where there are 100's of Kelp Flies.
And it was sunnier enough for these 3 Wall Lizards to be out basking in the sun.
These 3 are all juveniles.
I didn't see any adults, but if its dry and sunny for a few days, they might venture out.
Ted is looking more like a Sheep everyday. It will be the hairdressers for him soon.
Mammals Recorded: Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 possible Goshawk, 1 Buzzard, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, 11 Rock Pipit, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, 1 Black Redstart, Blackbird, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded: Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)
Ships Today
This is Container Ship "NYK Rumina" flying the flag of Singapore. It is on its way from Antwerp to Savannah (USA). More on this vessel Here.
