Sunday 9 October 2011

Bonxies

After yesterdays brilliant sea watch from The Point I did not have any real expectations for today. After a long lay in this morning I arrived at 10.15. DW and TG were already there and told me that once again c100 Great Skuas had already been seen along with a Sooty and Balearic Shearwater, a few Arctic Skuas and a few hundred Brent Geese.
My totals from 10.15-13.00 are as follows:
Balearic Shearwater: 1
Great Skua: 76
Arctic Skua: 25
Pomarine Skua: 2
Red-throated Diver: 3
Gannet: 400+
Brent Geese: 1781
Common Scoter: 115
Teal: 11
Wigeon: 78
Pintail: 3
Knot: 3
Dunlin: 12
Kittiwake: 54
Sandwich Tern: 36
Common Tern: 28
Arctic Tern: 2
2w Glaucous Gull: 1 in roost.
Yellow-legged Gull: 1 in roost
Siskins: Several heard not seen
Redpoll: Several heard not seen
Crossbill: 2+ Heard
Gold Finch: Several seen and heard
Rock Pipit: 3 Heard
Driving across Walland Marsh on my home there were 2 Common Cranes, 40+ Tree Sparrows and 2 Marsh Harriers.




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