Thursday 16 June 2022

Thursday 16th June

While we were basking in warmth and sunshine a week or so ago, the south of England was cold, wet and windy. The tables have turned a little today as it was apparently the hottest day of the year in the south with temperatures approaching 30C, while a bit cool, and cloudy (but not that dreadful) here.

The only current bird news is that the Great White Egret is still with us, finding lots to feed on in the floods from the South Hide.

The RSPB kindly sent in the results of the breeding seabird survey that took place last week by boat around Snaigmore/Smaull. It doesn’t make for happy reading, with numbers greatly reduced. The first figure is the count for June this year (2022), the figure in ( ) was the figure for exactly the same area in June in 2000:

 Razorbill: 149  (523)

Guillemot: 88   (505)

Fulmar:  94   (237)

Kittiwake: 0  (167)

 

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