Friday, 7 December 2018

More Sea Watching!

A thoroughly miserable morning with gales and heavy rain by mid morning.
08.30-10.30 from the fishing boats with DW, AJG, PH, LH.
Red-throated Diver: 1W   1 around
Great-crested Grebe: 3W
Gannet: 784W
Cormorant: c1,500 W
Turnstone: 6 around
Kittiwake: 4W
Guillemot: 282W
Razorbill: 54W
Auk sp: 103W

Early afternoon the weather cleared, at the fishing boats it was more or less a continuation of this morning but much slower except for the Red-throated Divers.
13.00-14.30 from the fishing boats with MH, DW, PH & LH.
Teal: 2W
Red-throated Diver: 109W
Great-crested Grebe: 11 around
Gannet: 388W
Cormorant: present n/c
Oystercatcher: 1E
Great Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 57W
Guillemot: 33W
Razorbill: 5W
Auk sp: 22W
The details from yesterdays colour ringed Caspian Gull
Late afternoon on the reserve a 2w Caspian Gull, 2 adult and a 3w Yellow-legged Gull came into roost.

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