Jane Turner
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Final totals - 1st light to 12:30 then 13:30 to 15:00, bad visibility hampering much of the time. This was frustrating because the brief clear paches were punctuated with groups of Kittiwakes and skuas!
Scoter 266 - westward passage, in addition there were several rafts - so >500 I would guess, Kittiwake 109, steady passage, after the tide mostly frustratingly on the limit of viision (which wasn't very far out much of the time) skua spp 9 including a probable intermediate juvenile long-tailed skua at 09.44 - too far to see any useful plumage to go with the jizz. Arctic Skua 19 mostly before the tide, including a party of 7 and a party of 3. Leach's Petrel 15, with 5 on view when I came back to sea watching after the tide,suggesting I'd probably missed a good few. Guillemot 14, Golden plover 13 in 3 small groups. Wigeon 9, Barnacle Goose 9 along the tide edge - presumably feral birds, but would be an addition to the house list. I'll probably add it when I get to 199 properly. Auk spp 8,Arctic tern 4 Razorbill 3, Sandwich tern 17, Long-tailed Duck 2 west at 8.45, one appeared to be adult male. Razorbill 2, Gannet 2, Common Tern 47 strong passage after the tide, Great crested Grebe 40, PUFFIN 1 west 8.45 close in. Had to lookhard to make sure it wasn't a Little Auk - but it was too long winged. Great Skua, 1 early. Velvet Scoter drake west at 9.30 - on its own rather than associated with the 100s of Common SCoter that were flooding through. Black-tailed godwit 1, Manx Shearwater 1 red-breasted merganser 1 , red-throated diver 1, Sabine's gull 1 juv at10.30 picked up feeding by he3 then flew out out into mist - I didn't see it arrive from the east, so it was either on the sea or came from the west. Little gull 1 juv, Fulmar 1
Scoter 266 - westward passage, in addition there were several rafts - so >500 I would guess, Kittiwake 109, steady passage, after the tide mostly frustratingly on the limit of viision (which wasn't very far out much of the time) skua spp 9 including a probable intermediate juvenile long-tailed skua at 09.44 - too far to see any useful plumage to go with the jizz. Arctic Skua 19 mostly before the tide, including a party of 7 and a party of 3. Leach's Petrel 15, with 5 on view when I came back to sea watching after the tide,suggesting I'd probably missed a good few. Guillemot 14, Golden plover 13 in 3 small groups. Wigeon 9, Barnacle Goose 9 along the tide edge - presumably feral birds, but would be an addition to the house list. I'll probably add it when I get to 199 properly. Auk spp 8,Arctic tern 4 Razorbill 3, Sandwich tern 17, Long-tailed Duck 2 west at 8.45, one appeared to be adult male. Razorbill 2, Gannet 2, Common Tern 47 strong passage after the tide, Great crested Grebe 40, PUFFIN 1 west 8.45 close in. Had to lookhard to make sure it wasn't a Little Auk - but it was too long winged. Great Skua, 1 early. Velvet Scoter drake west at 9.30 - on its own rather than associated with the 100s of Common SCoter that were flooding through. Black-tailed godwit 1, Manx Shearwater 1 red-breasted merganser 1 , red-throated diver 1, Sabine's gull 1 juv at10.30 picked up feeding by he3 then flew out out into mist - I didn't see it arrive from the east, so it was either on the sea or came from the west. Little gull 1 juv, Fulmar 1
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