07/12/2023

We were hopeful of a much more exciting sea watch this morning, sadly it was not the case. 

Wind S 5, Temp  5° Cloudy 

07.30-09.30 with RW, PE, DW et al 

Brent Goose: 9W

Common Scoter: 39W    16E

Kittiwake: 33W       15E

Little Gull: 2W 

Black-headed Gull: present

Mediterranean Gull: 7E

Common Gull: present

Great Black-backed Gull: present

Herring Gull: present

Lesser Black-backed Gull:  present 

Guillemot: 33W       7E

Razorbill: 46W     9E 

Auk sp: 319W         48E

Red-throated Diver: 16E       5W

Fulmar: 1W 

Gannet: 279W   197E

Cormorant: 1,800 E  In first 15 minutes 

Carrion Crow: 2 in off

Grey Seal: 1

Common Seal: 1

A very nice 3w Caspian Gull came to my stale bread offerings by the fishing boats earl afternoon

A 1w Yellow-legged Gull dropped into the melee

Even a juvenile Kittiwake had look but didn't stay

Polish ringed Black-headed Gull TJVV appeared as soon as the piece of bread was thrown as usual

There was still at least 1 Great Northern Diver on Burrowes today along with a couple of Goldeneye

The Avocet narrowly avoided being trampled at Scotney yesterday, there was no sign of it today nor any wild geese. The female type Common Scoter was still present though.