Archive for January 31st, 2005

31st January 2005, Monday

Sea at Pett Level

Great Crested Grebe 800
Long-tailed Duck 1
Surf Scoter 1 (poor, but distinctive view)

Reported by Pete Brown today

31st January 2005, Monday

Today at RSPB Dungeness

Slavonian grebe - 1 ARC pit, 1 New Excavations
Black-necked grebe - ARC pit
Red-crested pochard - pair at Hooker’s pits
Bittern - 3 sightings (Hooker’s pits, Christmas Dell and Makepeace hide) of at least two different birds.

31st January 2005, Monday

Bittern at Glyne Gap Marsh

A bittern was seen this morning at Glyne Gap marsh.

Reported by: Ian Standivan

31st January 2005, Monday

Bitterns & Grebes

At Pett Level 0745 this morning: 2 Bitterns circling over and eventually landing at, the weaternmost pool.
616 Great Crested Grebes close in along the tideline.
1 Whitefronted Goose with Greylags.
Cliff dean