31/01/2025

These Velvet Scoters brightened up a very damp and dreary sea watch

07.55-09.30  SSW 5          6º    Rain

Brent Goose: 5W       2E

Shelduck: 1W

Velvet Scoter: 5W  (single flock)

Common Scoter: 7W     3E

Great-crested Grebe: 11E

Kittiwake: 26W   

Black-headed Gull: Present n/c

Mediterranean Gull: 4W  

Common Gull:  Present n/c

Herring Gull: Present n/c

Caspian Gull: 1W. 1w bird

Great Black-backed Gull: Present n/c

Guillemot: 7W     5E       4 present

Auk sp: 17W 

Red-throated Diver: 11W     5E

Fulmar: 1E

Gannet: 68W    11E 

Cormorant: present n/c 

Grey Seal: 1

Common Seal: 1

Common Scoters

Mediterranean Gull

Late morning the wind veered from SSW to SSE but still raining prompting me to go back to the sea, certainly more birds but no quality.

13.30-15.00  from the hide

Common Scoter: 7W

Kittiwake: 56W 

Guillemot: 143W.   8E

Razorbill: 31W

Auk sp: 244W    36E

Red-throated Diver: 36W     

Fulmar: 1W

Gannet: 168W    11E

Cormorant: present n/c 

To the unknown reader who left a comment on yesterdays blog, I realise it wasn't a good Blog but didn't think it was that bad. 😂