Red-throated Diver from the fishing boats this afternoon
This mornings sea watch from the fishing boats did not live up to expectations with light SSE wind blowing I was hoping for a busy watch, due to the appalling light conditions I feel sure missed quite a bit.
07.00-08.30 with CT, RW and AJG who kindly kept the log:
Brent Goose: 54W 8E
Shoveler: 20W
Teal: 3E
Wigeon: 3W
Common Scoter: 7E 8W
Red-throated Diver: 2W 1E
Great-crested Grebe: 2 o/s
Gannet: 116W
Cormorant: present n/c (noticeably small numbers around)
Merlin: 1 around
Oystercatcher: 10E
Kittiwake: 17W
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Common Gull: present n/c
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Sandwich Tern: 2W
Guillemot: 2W
Razorbill: 8W 6 o/s
Goldfinch: c230 out
A wander around the trapping area found good numbers of Goldrests and at least 10 Firecrest, more Goldfinches over with Siskins and Redpolls, also a Great Spotted Woodpecker over.
On the sward at Scotney all the usual feral Geese, but I could find no wild Geese.
Red-throated Diver from the fishing boats this afternoon
Pale-bellied Brent Goose past the fishing boats this afternoon
15.00-16.20 from the fishing turned into a surprisingly good sea watch after a very slow start, even when I left due the darkness birds were still moving off shore:
Brent Goose: 284W
Pale-bellied Brent Goose: 1W
Common Scoter: 7E 4W 1 o/s
Red-throated Diver: 2W 1o/s
Great-crested Grebe: 2 o/s
Gannet: 196W
Cormorant: present n/c (noticeably small numbers around)
Merlin: 1 around
Turnstone: 1 on beach
Great Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 164W including a flock of 90+
Little Gull: 16W a single flock
Black-headed Gull: present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 3W
Common Gull: 42W
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Sandwich Tern: 21W
Guillemot: 1 o/s
Part of a flock of 90+ Kittiwakes past the boats late this afternoon
A very poor image of the flock of 16 Little Gulls past the boats late this afternoon
Sandwich Tern
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