Harbour Porpoises!

Another very slow sea watch in a very cold Easterly 5-6, fortunately trying to count the Harbour Porpoises popping up and down kept some interest going.

08.00-09.15 from the sea watch hide.

Red-breasted Merganser: 1 E

Red-throated Diver: 4 E  2 on sea

Great-crested Grebe: 52 on sea

Fulmar: 2 E

Gannet: 3 E

Oystercatcher: 5 E

Turnstone: 1 on concrete road behind hide.

Black Redstart: 2 behind hide

Pied Wagtail: 4 behind hide

Meadow Pipit: 1 behind hide

Harbour Porpoise: 4+

The Patch from the hide found nothing of note.

Black-headed Gull: c1,000

Common Gull: c50

Herring Gull: c500

Lesser B.B.Gull: c30

Great B B Gull: c 150

Cormorant: c60

 Turnstone on the concrete road behind the sea watch hide.

 Meadow Pipit on the perimeter wall.

A check of the Gull roost on The Point found this Yellow-legged Gull of note among the commoner species.