Friday 4 May 2018

May 4th!

Another long day staring at the sea enjoying the sunshine. Many thanks to everyone present for calling out the birds and numbers.
05.05-17.00 with a lunch break 11.00-12.10. AJG,MB,ML,AL,RW,DS et al.
Brent Goose: 4E
Shelduck: 2E  2W
Common Scoter: 160E   1W
Eider: 9E
Red-Throated Diver: 3E
Great-crested Grebe: 31 around
Fulmar: 8 down
Manx Shearwater: 37E   3W
Gannet: 36E   193W
Peregrine: 1 around
Hobby: 1 in
Oystercatcher: 4W  9E
Sanderling: 6E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 2E
Whimbrel: 93E
Curlew: 1E
Great Skua: 9E
Pomarine Skua: 3E   2@06.14, 1@ 13.14
Arctic Skua: 5E
Mediterranean Gull: 4E
Kittiwake: 28W
Little Gull: 1E
Sandwich Tern: 501E
Common/Arctic Tern: 2,465E
Common Tern: 72E
Arctic Tern: 256E
Little Tern: 35E
Auk: 4W
Swallow: 28 in
House Martin: 2 in
Crow: 1 in
Harbour Porpoise: 34+
Grey Seal: 1
It would seem that there were very few migrants on the land again today.


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