Sunday 27 July 2014

Cetaceanless zone...

2 Med Gull an adult and juv passed Whitburn Obs by 10 this morning along with a good selection of birds but we couldn't even muster a Porpoise between the three of us today. Magic and Saint Mark were both in the Obs and this is what we did see in order of appearance
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Sunday 27th July 05.15-10.05 W2-3bright sun then broken cloud

Sandwich Tern 32n 408s
Manxie 17n 10s
Puffin 5n
Common Tern 18n 30s
Black h Gull 6n 15s
Curlew2n 1s
Common Scoter 438n 17s
Shelduck 9s
Great crested Grebe 1n
Arctic Tern 13n 1s
Teal 1n 1qs
Common Gull 5s
Oystercatcher 15n 9s
Ringed Plover 3n
Bar t Godwit 2s
Red th Diver  1n
Golden Plover 2s
Redshank 3n 20s
Dunlin 15s
Kestrel 1s
Med Gull 2s 1ad 1 juv
Eider 4n
Turnstone 6n