27/12/2023

An enjoyable return to sea watching after spending the last week in Lanzarote eating and drinking too much.

Wind SW 8, Temp  11° Overcast

08.00-09.30 with OL,

Brent Goose: 1W

Shelduck: 13W

Wigeon: 37E

Common Scoter: 2E  

Grey Plover: 24W

Knot: 8W

Dunlin: 12W  

Kittiwake: 259W  

Little Gull: 2 present ad+1w     

Black-headed Gull: present

Common Gull: present

Great Black-backed Gull: present

Herring Gull: present

Lesser Black-backed Gull: present

Great Skua: 1W

Guillemot: 190W     

Razorbill: 291W     

Auk sp: 549W     

Red-throated Diver: 12W   1 present

Fulmar: 1W

Sooty Shearwater: 1W

Gannet: 549W 

Cormorant: 283W 

Harbour Porpoise: 2  

Grey Seal: 1

Common Seal: 1

The 4 Glossy Ibis are still frequenting the Horse Paddocks but are more difficult to see through the fences. On burrows the 2 Great Northern divers and the Black-throated diver are still in residence, also at least 5 Goldeneye there and 3 more on the ARC.

Black-headed Gull at the fishing boats this afternoon swallowing whole what I think is a Sand Eel

1w Caspian Gull near the fishing boats this afternoon