{"id":1387,"date":"2022-02-03T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2022-03-05T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T10:42:20","slug":"february-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1387","title":{"rendered":"February 2022 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>28\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Whooper Swan (x10)<\/li><li>Greenland White-fronted Geese (x7)<\/li><li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li><li>Woodcock (x1)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>27\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Skylark (a flock of 7 moving south)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>25\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Greenland White-fronted Geese (x8)<\/li><li>Peregrine (two separate individuals)<\/li><li>Skylark (x5 first of the spring)<\/li><li>Goldcrest (x5 singing)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>24\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Turnstone (x29)<\/li><li>Ringed Plover (x27)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>21\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li><li>Greenland White-fronted Goose (x8)<\/li><li>Guillemot (x2)<\/li><li>Kittiwake (a steady passage north)<\/li><li>Great Northern Diver <\/li><li>Redwing <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>19\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reed Buntings (a single flock of 18 birds!)<\/li><li>Greenfinch (unusual on the island)<\/li><li>Goldcrest (x3 in song) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>18\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>White-tailed Eagle (two birds reported recently)<\/li><li>Cormorant<\/li><li>Red-breasted Merganser (x5)<\/li><li>Redshank (x5)<\/li><li>Grey Seal<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>16\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Greenland White-fronted Goose (x33)<\/li><li>Red-breasted Merganser (a pair)<\/li><li>Woodcock <\/li><li>Goldcrest (singing)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>14\/2\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Herring Gull (an unusual flock of 70 birds)<\/li><li>Canada Goose (x4 very mobile &#8211; 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