50,000+ Gulls!!

Blizzard of Gulls

When I left home this morning I wasn't expecting to be out all day. Gale force winds with drizzle in the air didn't bode well. I arrived at the fishing boats to be met by a veritable blizzard of Gulls moving West. 

Mediterranean Gull

08.45-12.45 & 13.45-16.00 with MH and DW, joined this afternoon by OL.

Brent Goose: 43E

Gadwall: 3W

Teal: 1W

Wigeon: 75W

Red-throated Diver: 2W  1 on sea

Fulmar: 25W

Gannet: 137W

Cormorant: 594W

Turnstone: 6 on beach

Sanderling: 1W

Great Skua: 1W

Black-headed Gull: 38,000+W

Common Gull: 9,000+W

Mediterranean Gull: 7W

Herring Gull: 3,500W

Yellow-legged Gull: 2W

Caspian Gull: 1 the regular 1w bird on the beach

Lesser Black-backed Gull: 37W

Great Black-backed Gull: 500+W

Kittiwake: 3,816W

Glaucous Gull: 1 the regular 1w bird on the beach

Guillemot: 207W

Razorbill: 184W

Auk sp: 92W

Grey Seal: 2 present

Common Seal: 1 present

A superb sea watch from the relative shelter of the fishing boats.

Great Skua

Mediterranean Gull