23/01/22
1st winter/ juvenile 'argie'
A few angles highlight its 'retarded' moult; an almost crisp early autumn michahellis look about it - in late January! Indicates it's probably from some way north....
Sunday, 23 January 2022
Monday, 10 January 2022
Jan - Sandown; Shalfleet sw
Pochard x 4, c90 tufted ducks..
Common Gull x 7
Chillier conditions: low as 2c (winds light from the East), mostly bright.
Parkhurst Forest on 12th: Firecrest, treecreeper, goldcrest (singing), coal tit(s), mistle thrush, bullfinch...
1w Common Gull - Ryde West Sands 12/01
Local Firecrest - 15/01
Shalfleet Sewage works 17/01/22 - a few chiffs, siskin, and a vocal Cetti's - interesting area and new to me. Tried the area around the church for hawfinch (found one there in Jan 2018) but none apparent.
Saturday, 1 January 2022
New Years Day and early January
Morning only NYD from 7:45:
(Very mild; up to 15c)
Noc mig: 8x Redwing just after midnight.
Morning til lunch: visited Whale chine, SCP, and Yaverland.
Black Redstart (1m) at SCP Lighthouse. Kittiwakes and auks moving.
>Black headed gull, ringed, 2FN White, from Copenhagen, at Yaverland car park.
About 33 species seen on the 1st.
Other new year highlights:
Black-throated Diver off Springvale on Jan 3rd; plus GND, RedN grebe and slavs (2).
White-fronted Goose x 2 at Brading Marsh on January 5th. Marsh Harriers etc.
Barn Owl heard at Binstead on Jan 9th.
Black red at SCP and 1st winter Common Gull at Sandown C.Lake
BT Diver:
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