Saturday, 16 February 2019

No Change!

07.00-09.30 with AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Common Scoter: 6E
Red-throated Diver: 67E,    66W
Great-crested Grebe: 6 on
Fulmar: 2E    4W
Gannet: 117E    24W
Cormorant: Many present n/c
Great Skua: 1W
Kittiwake: 3E     32W
Guillemot: 29E
Razorbill: 68E   35W
Auk sp: 398E
I joined AJG in an hours walk around the trapping area and Desert, which proved to be very disappointing with very little avian life seen.
Late morning I could see the 2 Whooper Swans while I had lunch.
This afternoon I joined RW at the fishing boats for a not unexpected disappointing sea watch:
13.30-14.45
Red-throated Diver: 17E
Fulmar: 1W
Gannet: c250 feeding off shore
Cormorant: many present n/c
Guillemot: c150 on sea
Razorbill: c30 on sea
Skylark: 1 behind the boats
Linnet: 3 behind the boats
Harbour Porpoise: 2
Common Seal: 1
Late afternoon on the reserve 2 Great White Egrets and the drake Smew  from the entrance track. Fro Dennis's Hide 2 Norwegian ringed Great Black-backed Gulls and a party of 14 Ruff that flew in to roost.

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