Bird Sightings
Bird Garden Birdwatch
- Alderney Bird Warden
This weekend is the Big Garden Birdwatch! The ABO will be in the library from 10 till 12 on Friday and Saturday morning, call in and see us!
Wren
Snow Bunting
- Alderney Bird Warden
A very blustery day on Alderney. Despite the weather there had been an arrival of birds with 6 Wheatear, 10 Rock Pipît and 12 Pied Wagtail feeding along the high tide strandline of the beaches. I was heading around the coast towards Longis Baye when a message came through from Chris Tardivel, a visiting ringer, he had found a Snow Bunting on the beach! When I arrived at Longis he delivered the news “I’ve not seen it for 10 minutes” just as it reappeared from the large shingle and started to forage amongst the seaweed.
Snow Bunting © Matt ScraggLesser Redpoll
- Alderney Bird Warden
A calm morning between the storms today. New for the year were Lesser Redpoll, recorded on Longis and Mannez during morning. Newly arrived Goldcrest and Firecrest can be heard contact calling as they forage in the canopy of the trees.
Lesser Redpoll © Matt Scragg
Willow Warbler
- Alderney Bird Warden
There was an arrival of c.150 Redwing seeping overhead at first light this morning, accompanied by 6 Fieldfare and 14 Song Thrush. Goldcrest were busy foraging in the willows at Mannez along with Chiffchaff and a Willow Warbler. Finches were observed arriving through the day and a large flock of c.650 Linnet were on Longis reserve at dusk. There was also c.550 Starling murmuring before going to roost.
Willow Warbler © Matt Scragg
