Monday 4th March, 2019

A rather cloudy day with moderate westerly winds.

The morning sea-watch recorded two Common Scoter south, Black-throated Diver north, 22 Fulmar north, 12 Great Black-backed Gull and present off the headland were 350 Gannet, 15 Shag, 29 Cormorant, a large flock of 330 feeding Herring Gull and 1000s of Guillemot. 

East of the Dykes was the usual Barnacle Goose, 150 Grey-lag Goose, two Shelduck, 28 Wigeon, eight Teal, Grey Heron, Peregrine, Buzzard, 44 Black-headed Gull, 45 Great Black-backed Gull, 12 Curlew at Hartendale, the resident Pied Crow on Beech Avenue, two Treecreeper and two Tree Sparrow.

Tree Sparrow by Mike Smith
Roe Buck by Mike Smith