28/02/2022

2 Velvet Scoters past the hide this morning

A reasonable sea watch this morning with my first Sandwich Tern of the year, also the first Velvet Scoters since mid January and the first Great Skua for a couple of weeks.

 07.00-09.15 with CP & OL

Brent Goose: 28E    (2 parties)

Shelduck: 1E

Teal: 8E

Shoveler: 2E 

Velvet Scoter: 2E

Common Scoter: 22E

Red-throated Diver: 99E     15W     

Great-crested Grebe:  11E   

Fulmar: 10E    2W

Gannet: 80E      88W     

Cormorant: Present n/c

Oystercatcher: 4E

Curlew: 1E

Kittiwake:  288E      

Black-headed Gull: present n/c

Common Gull: present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 8E  

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c 

Sandwich Tern: 1E

Great Skua: 1W

Guillemot: 183E   19W

Razorbill: 8W

Auk sp: 703E   59W      

Harbour Porpoise: 1

Probably the only sort of Albatross I'll see at Dungeness