05/02/2024

Great Northern Diver on the ARC always distant

Todays sea watch carried in the same poor vein as the last few days.

07.45-09.45 with RW & OL.   Wind SW 7, Temp 10° Cloudy with poor visibility.

Brent Goose: 118E 

Shelduck: 1W     

Pintail: 17W

Common Scoter: 1W     5E         

Great-crested Grebe: 1W

Oystercatcher: 6E

Kittiwake: 51W      

Black-headed Gull: Present n/c

Common Gull: Present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 1E

Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c

Guillemot: 211W   31E

Razorbill: 44W      3E

Razorbill/Guillemot: 105W      23E

Red-throated Diver: 21W      247E

Fulmar: 1W       6E

Gannet: 46W     11E   

Cormorant: Present n/c

Stock Dove: 1 in off

Harbour Porpoise: 1

Cattle Egret playing with its food at Cockles Bridge

The long stayers were all still present today, but nothing new around the area today, even the Gulls seem to have dispersed.