Tuesday 4 October 2016

All 4 Skuas and Yellow-browed Warblers!

I joined AJG at the fishing boats this morning after an hour we moved to the sea watching hide due to the poor light.
07.15-10.15
Brent Goose: 246W
Wigeon: 30W
Common Scoter: 152W
Red-throated Diver: 1E
Gannet: 161E
Cormorant: present
Oystercatcher: 2E
Dunlin: 15W
Great Skua: 14W
Pomarine Skua: 1W
Arctic Skua: 7 around
Long-tailed Skua: 1E
Mediterranean Gull: 6(including 1 that drowned a passerine (prob Skylark)
Kittiwake: 2E
Little Gull: 2E
Sandwich Tern: 98E
Arctic Tern: 1W
Common Tern: 1W
Auk sp: 8E
Skylark: 2 in
Meadow Pipit: 32 in/coasting
Swallow: 12 out
A Yellow-browed Warbler was found by OL in the trapping area, despite searching a couple of calls was the closest I got to it.
This afternoon from the fishing boats 14.15-17.00 with DW, AJG and MH.
Brent Goose: 22W  26E
Wigeon: 18E
Tufted Duck: 1E
Common Scoter: 25W     32E
Eider: 1E
Great-crested Grebe: 3 around
Red-throated Diver: 1W
Gannet: 29W  53E
Cormorant: present
Ringed Plover: 2E
Arctic Skua: 4+ around
Mediterranean Gull: 3 around
Kittiwake: 3E
Little Gull: 6E
Sandwich Tern: 133E
Common Tern: 3E
Guillemot: 4W  1 on sea
Razorbill: 2E
Short-eared Owl: 1 out
Swallow: 9 in
Grey Seal: 2
Harbour Porpoise: 4+
As we were packing up a call from Brenda and Tony alerted us to 2 Yellow-browed Warblers in the Old Lighthouse Garden. As we arrived 1 of them left the garden and disappeared into the power station, the other remained till dusk but was very elusive.  

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