Thursday 30 May 2013

Rain Rain Go Away........

30th May N3 rain 04.35-07.30

A week on from the fantastic Skua passage that came with last weeks northerly i had high hopes for today with another northerly forecast, and the company of Mark Newsome
Sadly the rain made all the difference and i hardly had a bird in the first hour. Things did improve but its still raining

Gannet 212n 9s
Common Tern 37n
Sanderling 4n
Cormorant 11n 5s
Arctic Tern 7n
Common Scoter 4n 7s
Sandwich Tern 3n 2s
Manx Shearwater 5n
Purple Sandpiper 1n
Puffin 8n
Tufted Duck 2n
Red th Diver 1n 1s
Knot 1n

I left Mark in the Obs and hope to be back in myself later