Hoylake Bird Observatory (1 Viewer)

[Rob Smallwood]

Thanks again - the boy is making a strong case to watch the football at present....

Won't even try and compete with those pics by the way - it is a Rhode Island Red isn't it?!

 

[Jane Turner]

Its currently too rough and drizzly to see anything. I'll wait for the sea to come to me a bit more before trying too hard.

Nice weather for a Sooty! Saw what might be the last Swift of the year having no trouble with the wind!

 

[SiG]

the boy is making a strong case to watch the football at present....

Wise lad. It certainly gave me more amusement than standing in a bus shelter by a public bogs in zero visibility drizzle ...

B

 

[Jane Turner]

Not a single Skua today. One Storm Petrel three or four times (or three or four SPs) but since it kept ditching, I suspect one! Two Turnstone, 35 Gannets and 15 Manx Shearwaters. 6 or so Little Terns fished in the gutter on the incoming tide.

 

[deeestuary]

Pom skua seen again off Meols today, before the Red Arrows arrived!

 

[Jane Turner]

Pom here again today.

 

[Rob Smallwood]

Doh!!

 

[Jane Turner]

Will be here on the tide tomorrow or I'll show my arse in Woolies window!

 

[desgreene]

Just in case:

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[Jane Turner]

That's a really small Woolies Des, no room in the window display for my posterior.

There must be some "proper" photos of this beast by now. Its very approachable. I marched out to stop two people with dogs from flushing the waders, and its didn't move.

 

[Rob Smallwood]

I might well try again tomorrow - I can do pretty good bait-digger impressions...

 

[Jane Turner]

Starting to blow quite hard here (and from the best direction - W)

A seawatch 9-10am produced a lot of common birds and a couple of local rarities. Loads of Auks moving West, 475 Guillemots/auk spp - nearly all of the close birds were positively ID'd as Guillemot, 2 Razorbill and one Puffin. Also moving west were 1 Manx Shearwater, an Arctic Skua, 195 Gannets, 115 Kittiwakes 45 Common Terns, 2 Arctic Terns, 6 Sandwich Terns, 45 Common Scoter and a Tufted Duck

Looking good for tomorrow - I'm expecting more Tubenoses and Skuas if the wind holds.

 

[Jane Turner]

Another 255 Common Scoter this evening and a Leach's Petrel close into the promenade (over the sand). Clearly I'd been looking too far out earlier. Lost what looked to be a LT Skua too.

Still blowing well here.

Irish Sea:
West veering northwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8. Rough or very rough. Squally showers. Moderate or good.

 

[Jane Turner]

Mystery photograph time. I don't have any pics of this where it is readily identifiable

8 Leach's Petrels, 12 Red-throated Divers, 195 Common Scoter, Eider, 2 Wigeon, 19 Manx Shearwaters, 7 Arctic Skuas, 15 Gannet 40 Common Terns, 3 Arctic Terns, 6 Guillemot, the Puffin again and 20 Kittiwakes this morning. (plus what looked to be a juv Sabs at 10.03 that I got onto way too late to see enough to claim) oh and the mystery bird!

 

[Gavin Haig]

Nineteen crisply sharp pixels, showing a body, 2 legs and a wing. Too easy. Long-tailed Skua.

 

[Jane Turner]

Reckon you can see enough of the tail to rule LTS out

 

[Marcus Conway - ebirder]

grey plover?

 

[Gavin Haig]

Reckon you can see enough of the tail to rule LTS out

Reckon away! 3

You have the advantage of knowing which way up it was.

 

[Jane Turner]

Its got its arse towards you in the first pic. It cleared 2000 roosting large Larus spp off the beach, when it arrived, so effectively, I was looking for an Osprey when it lurched into view!

 

[Gavin Haig]

Its got its arse towards you in the first pic. It cleared 2000 roosting large Larus spp off the beach, when it arrived, so effectively, I was looking for an Osprey when it lurched into view!

Bonxie then....?