Sunday 18 November 2018

A very cool morning with a strong easterly wind  that lasted all day.
08.00-10.00 from the fishing boats joined by DW & PW:
Brent Goose: 1E   2W
Teal: 3W
Common Scoter: 3W
Red-throated Diver: 37E
Great-crested Grebe: 9E   1 on
Gannet: 100s around
Cormorant: present n/c
Turnstone: 1 around
Dunlin: 19E
Sanderling: 3E
Great Skua: 2E
Mediterranean Gull: 18 around
Kittiwake: c150 around
Guillemot: 3E    3 on
Razorbill: 36E   2 on
Auk sp: many
Goldfinch: 80 over
Harbour Porpoise: 2+
Stonechat in scrub behind the fishing boats
Back at the fishing boats after lunch lots of birds offshore mainly Gannets and Kittiwakes still, with a few Guillemots, Razorbills and Red-throated Divers. c100 Auks moved west in an hour. 
Goldcrest on the beach by the fishing boats
Late afternoon on Walland 2 male Marsh Harriers roosted in my allotted reed bed and several more flew over. Interestingly 3 Great White Egrets roosted in Hawthorns there, while 2 Little egrets appeared to roost on one of the reservoirs. 2 Barn Owls hunting the area was notable, 4 Common Buzzards over, a Cetti's Warbler singing and squealing Water Rails but most birds were keeping low in the strong wind.

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