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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gander" data-source="post: 3508499" data-attributes="member: 138487">Kittiwakes and tale of a CurlewTwenty Kittiwakes counted this afternoon. I think that is now the platform's Kittiwake record. A single Fulmar around this morning. Decreased numbers of Herring and GBB gulls, and no white winged gulls today.And of course, two Common Scoters.I managed to get the full story of the Curlew that was spotted a few days ago. It seems that one of the Common Scoters was observed landing on an area of deck. As the person who spotted it was trying to locate its exact landing point, someone else shouted to him, and as the original spotter turned around, a Curlew flew across the deck only a few feet away from him.Although not a birder, the spotter is an active angler from Thurso, so he is well used to seeing Curlew. The only other option I suppose would be an extremely unlikely Whimbrel, but the description given to me, while referencing photos, gives me every confidence it was a Curlew. That puts the platform species tally for 2017 up to ten. Certainly an excellent start. Hopefully we'll get a decent Spring migration this year. Last years Spring was dismal due to continuous unseasonal strong winds from the East.</blockquote>