Arabian Grosbeak

Arabian Grosbeak
Arabian Grosbeak - Oman 4th March 2024

18 January, 2024

Very cold bright sunny morning, found good numbers of Auks moving distantly east.
Lapwing - c175 w
Brent Geese - c100e
Red-breasted Merganser - 40 offshore
Great-crested Grebe - 7
Wigeon - 2 os
Razorbill - 2 os
Red-throated Diver - 3 os
Diver sp - 2w
Gannet - 5e 3w
Med Gull - 75
Dunlin - 4
Oystercatcher - 60
Ringed Plover - 40
Grey Plover - 7
Skylark - 40
Linnet - 30
Buzzard - 3
 

Adam Huttly lead 9 SOS members around Climping on wed17/01/23  and saw a total of 39 species.

Red-Throated Divers, Gannets, Grey Plovers, Turnstones, Grey Plovers, Sanderling and a Sandwich Tern were best of sea / beach 
Stock Doves, Fieldfare, Med and Common Gulls were in the fields West of Bread Lane.
Set-aside; 2 Reed Buntings,  5 Skylarks, 2 Stonechats were present.
Ringed Plover numbers were probably c75 across both the Mill field and Cudlow field.
Big flock of c35 Lapwing were in the sky North and we found 4 on the deck in the fields West of Bread Lane.
Greenfinches, Linnets and Goldfinches all present.
2 Yellow Hammer were in the trees by the School.