Saturday, 27 April 2024

27/04/2024

 

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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