5th December 2022 – sun and showers NE2
Offshore
A check of the sea revealed 105 Common Scoter, 9 Red-throated Diver, 8 Razorbill, 7 Red-breasted Merganser, 5 Kittiwake and single Gannet and Guillemot. The Shag remains along the eastern shore.
Diurnal Migration
A flock of 12 Whooper Swan and 4 Stock Dove flew through.
Wildfowl and Waders
The Brent Goose flock held 375 light-bellied and 23 dark-bellied birds, an exceptional 490 Pintail were logged.
Miscellaneous
The Hooded Crow remains and Peregrine and Merlin were the best of the rest.
Ringing
A colour-ringed light-bellied Brent Geese ringed at Dundrum Bay, Northern Ireland on 31st January 2017 has returned for another winter.
