Sunday, 3 December 2017

Saturday

08.15-10.00 from the fishing boats:
Brent Goose:18 up 16 down
Shelduck: 1 down
Teal: 6 up 87 down 12 in
Mallard: 2 up
Wigeon: 51 up 21 downCommon Scoter: 2 up 44 down
Red-breasted Merganser: 1 up
Red-throated Diver: 137 up 15 down
Great-crested Grebe: 23 around
Gannet: c200 up & down
Cormorant: c350 around
Merlin: 1 around
Turnstone: 2 on beach
Great Skua: 1 around
Mediterranean Gull: 1 around
Kittiwake: 27 around
Guillemot: 9 on  8 down. 2 up
Auk sp: 17 up 5 downL
Starling: 197 in

1w G.B.B.Gull JC753 on the beach.

A mid morning visit to the ARC found 4 Bewick Swans including a juvenile, 30 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Dunlin, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Great White Egrets, a Kingfisher & the usual wildfowl.
Early afternoon back at the fishing boats was very quiet with nothing moving.
Mid afternoon on Burrowes 8 Goosander from Dennis's hide which I missed per SO, from Firth a near adult green ringed Caspian Gull XDFP and an adult Yellow-legged Gull.

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