Pomarine Skua passing the bouy late afternoon
Yesterday and especially today conditions were at long last right for some good sea watching, today was superb.
Wind variable SE-NE Temp 7° rising to 11° Rain from mid afternoon
05.30-17.00 with JY, RW,DS,OL,DW,TW, AL et al from the sea watch hide
Mute Swan: 2W
Brent Goose: 397E (19 parties)
Canada Goose: 1 out to sea
Shelduck: 6E
Pintail: 2E
Velvet Scoter: 1E
Common Scoter: 768E 39W
Red-breasted Merganser: 4E
Great-crested Grebe: 3E 8W 2 present
Oystercatcher: 41E
Avocet: 2E
Ringed Plover: 3E
Grey Plover: 3E
Knot: 12E
Sanderling: 11E
Dunlin: 9E
Turnstone: 2E
Curlew: 1E
Whimbrel: 77E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 260E
Kittiwake: 28E
Black-headed Gull: 5E
Little Gull: 45E
Common Gull: 1E
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Herring Gull: present n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 3 present
Sandwich Tern: 389E
Little Tern: 154E
Common Tern: 16,210E
Arctic Tern: 3,104E
Black Tern: 48E
Great Skua: 2E
Arctic Skua: 51E
Pomarine Skua: 7E
Guillemot: 4E
Razorbill: 2E
Auk Sp: 59E 7W
Red-throated Diver: 12E
Black-throated Diver: 1E
Fulmar: 5E 7W
Manx Shearwater: 3E 1W
Gannet: 747E 68W
Cormorant: present
Swift: 1W
Swallow: 9 in off
Carrion crow: 1 in off
Yellow Wagtail: 1 in off
Black Redstart: 1 present
Harbour Porpoise: 10
Grey Seal: 1
There were a few other bits around today, a Pied Flycatcher was trapped in the Moat, a male Whinchat was frequenting the Moat area, a couple of Garden Warblers, a Firecrest and good numbers of Willow Warblers.
Arctic Skua Passing the Bouy
Drake Eiders passing the Bouy yesterday
Temminck's Stint in the Scotney sand pit yesterday
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