A day at the Fishing Boats

I spent most of the day at the fishing boats where a steady passage just about kept my interest.

Also present for some of the period covered were: AJG, MH, SO, PT and Barney.

Period covered: 07.00 - 11.00    12.00 - 1300    14.30 - 15.55  All west unless stated.

Red-throated Diver: 10

Black-throated Diver: 1

Red-necked Grebe: 1

Great-crested Grebe: c40 o/s

Gannet: 138

Shelduck: 5

Brent Goose: 387

Pale Bellied Brent Goose: 1

Mallard: 1

Tufted Duck: 2

Teal: 5

Common Scoter: 675  (the vast majority of which were juvenile/female)

Common Eider: 9

Red-breasted Merganser:  14

 Bat-tailed Godwit: 4

Sanderling: 1

Purple Sandpiper: 1

Turnstone: 4 on beach

Peregrine: 1

Great Skua: 5 

Arctic Skua: 5

Sandwich Tern: 48

Little Gull: 29

Mediterranean Gull: 15

Kittiwake: 101

Guillemot: 1

Razorbill: 10

Auk sp: 27

Goldfinch: 45

Snow Bunting: 1

Not a bad day looking at the sea!

Pale Bellied Brent Goose

Eider

Common Scoter juvenile/female

Kittiwake

A truly terrible long distance shot of the Red-necked Grebe

Late afternoon a quick look at the ARC from Hanson saw the Glossy Ibis, 2 Great White Egrets, 4 Little Egrets , a Water Rail and the usual wildfowl and a Chiffchaff by the path to the hide.