Friday 4 October 2013

Still quiet on the sea!

Highlights of this mornings watch from the concrete with AJG, DW and MH were: 211 Common Scoter, 1 Merlin out, 5 Arctic Skuas, 46 Sandwich Terns, 2600+ Swallows out and 50+ Meadow Pipits out.
On the ARC from Hanson 3 Little Stints, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Greenshank, 12 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe and 2 Ringed Plovers plus the usual wildfowl. Still many Sand Martins over the lake.
On the reserve still 6 Great White Egrets and 4 Black-necked Grebes per (BP). Along the entrance track 4 Wheatears and an adult Yellow-legged Gull.
Highlights from another sea watch this afternoon from the fishing boats with MH, PT, CT and BH are as follows: 
Balearic Shearwater: 4 West
Arctic Skua: 2 off shore
Black Tern: 1 off shore
Little Gull: 1 off shore
Mediterranean Gull: 2 off shore
Swallows: 250+ out

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