Wednesday 27 January 2016

24/01/2016 Isle of Sheppey again

Sunday 24th January 2016
Isle of Sheppey, including Shellness, Minster and Elmley Marshes.
Paul and group


  • What a difference a few day's can make! No sign of the Richard's Pipit or the White-fronted Geese flock (Alan spotted a single bird) at Shellness and we had to work really hard before finally getting the good views of the Shore Lark we craved at Minster.


Shore Lark
Courtesy of Malcolm and Julie Redford



  • Nevertheless our group (of 11) had a really good time and still managed a species count of well over 60, including the Hooded Crow.



Group species list for today (courtesy of Alan)


Barnacle Goose
Brent Goose
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Coot
Cormorant
Golden Plover
Great Crested Grebe
Grey Heron
Grey Plover
Greylag Goose
Kestrel
Lapwing
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Mallard
Marsh Harrier
Merlin
Mute Swan
Oyster Catcher
Pheasant
Red-legged Partridge
Ringed Plover
Sanderling
Shelduck
Shoveler
Teal
Widgeon
Black-headed Gull
Black-Tailed Godwit
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Curlew
Dunlin
Feral Pigeon
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Redshank
Rock Pipit
Skylark
Snipe
Spotted Redshank *
Stock Dove
Turnstone
Woodpigeon
Wren
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Carrion Crow
Cetti's Warbler *
Chaffinch
Fieldfare
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Greenfinch
Hooded Crow
House Sparrow
Magpie
Reed Bunting
Rook
Starling
White-fronted Goose
Pale-bellied Brent
Shore Lark
* heard only

(66)





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