Sunday 22/09/2019

06:20-08:30 from the sea watch hide with SO, AJG, JTM & CP

Common Scoter: 21E   7W

Eider: 4E

Red-throated diver: 1E   1W

Gannet: 188E   109W

Cormorant: present n/c

Oystercatcher: 11E

Great Skua: 6E    5W

Arctic Skua: 1E    3W

Kittiwake: 6E    1W

Mediterranean Gull: 72E    41W

Sandwich tern: 1,730W

Common Tern: 14W

Razorbill: 1E   1 on

Swallow: 104 out

Harbour Porpoise: 8+

Dolphin sp:1

Grey Seal: 1

At The ARC the now seemingly resident Great White, Cattle and Little Egret, a Ruff, 3 Common Snipe, 7 Black-tailed Godwits and the first Goldeneye of the autumn along with the commoner wildfowl.

The trapping area was again quiet with a Firecrest and Goldcrest, Common and Lesser Whitethroat and Blackcaps per JTM.

12:20-14.20 from the sea watch hide per AJG:

Gannet: 189W

Arctic Skua: 9W

Kittiwake: 7 on sea

Mediterranean Gull: 5 on sea

Sandwich Tern: 237W

Auk sp 1 up

 Little Stint and 2 Dunlin from Firth this evening

I spent most of this afternoon and early evening going through the Great Black-backed and Lesser Black-backed Gull roost by the entrance track reading colour rings. There were 15 GBBG rings and 3 LBBG rings mainly Norwegian, but also Danish, and French.
Below is the life history so far of a 15 year old Nowegian Ringed Great Black-backed Gull JH2C that was in the Gull roost by the entrance track to the visitor centre today.