Tuesday 18/02/2020

A very poor sea watch in cold blustery conditions was saved by the appearance of yesterdays 2nd calendar year Glaucous Gull.
07.15-08.45 from the sea watch hide with SO and AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Red-throated Diver: 37W  3E
Great-crested Grebe: 6W
Fulmar: 3W
Gannet: 13W
Cormorant Present n/c
Curlew: 2W
Kittiwake: 48W
Black-headed Gull: Present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 1W
Common Gull:  Present n/c
Herring Gull: Present n/c
Glaucous Gull: 1E 2nd calendar year
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 5+ o/s
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Auk sp: 13E 

If you look carefully you can just about see the heads of 2 of the 5 Long-tailed Ducks at Scotney

A long windy walk out the back of Scotney found the 5 Long-tailed Ducks still in residence, but to be honest very little else, only small numbers of Golden plover and lapwing compared to the 1,000s we have been used to.

This peregrine took me by surprise, so not as sharp as it should have been.

The Glaucous Gull at the fishing boats as dusk fell

14.45-17.05 from the fishing boats:
Brent Goose: 55E
Red-throated Diver: 2W     6o/s
Great-crested Grebe: 172 o/s
Gannet: 11W
Cormorant: 274 o/s
Turnstone: 15 on beach
Kittiwake: 48W
Black-headed Gull: Present n/c
Mediterranean Gull: 6+W
Common Gull:  Present n/c
Herring Gull: Present n/c
Yellow-legged Gull: 1W
Glaucous Gull: 1 o/s
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 5+ o/s
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Guillemot: 54W    23 o/s
Razorbill: 7W       2o/s
Auk sp: 12E   43W