A brief sea watch this morning due to my having to get back for a parcel delivery, which was probably a blessing in disguise, as apart from the usual early morning movement Cormorants and Gulls little else seemed to be moving.
07.55-08.25 from the Boats
Common Scoter:1E
Great-crested Grebe: 18E 5 present
Oystercatcher: 1E
Kittiwake: 6E
Black-headed Gull: 286E
Common Gull: present
Herring Gull: present
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present
Guillemot: 146E
Auk: 15E
Red-throated Diver: 23E
Gannet: 141E
Cormorant: 1,311E
Carrion Crow: 5 present
Grey Seal: 1
07.55-08.25 from the Boats
Common Scoter:1E
Great-crested Grebe: 18E 5 present
Oystercatcher: 1E
Kittiwake: 6E
Black-headed Gull: 286E
Common Gull: present
Herring Gull: present
Great Black-backed Gull: present
Lesser Black-backed Gull: present
Guillemot: 146E
Auk: 15E
Red-throated Diver: 23E
Gannet: 141E
Cormorant: 1,311E
Carrion Crow: 5 present
Grey Seal: 1
Juvenile Great Northern Diver on The New Diggings
When the postmen eventually delivered my parcel, I stopped at the southern end of the ARC to scan the New Diggings for the Long-tailed Duck, nearly the first bird I looked at was a juvenile Great Northern Diver on the far side of the lake. I drove to the VC and walked out along the Outland Trail to the New Diggings where the Diver was reasonably close to the viewpoint, the Long-tailed Duck was however the other side, by the time it started to come closer what little light there had been was severely diminished.
The only other news today was the long staying Hume's warbler at the observatory.
Long-tailed Duck on the New Diggings
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