At last the 1st recorded Minke Whale past Whitburn Obs this year
After reading a recent tweet from @NTsteely that the Farnes had there 4th of the year i was hopeful it wouldn't be long before i saw one
At 05.30 one went south (beyond buoy distance), it surfaced four times and wasn't difficult to see on a sea of glass, nice way to start the day. I was surprised i didn't see any other cetaceans in these perfect 'Stormie' conditions
After a day off yesterday doing my breading bird survey near Edmundbyers it was back to business
Wednesday 19th June 04.50-07.00 WNW1-2 mainly cloud cover but bright sun by 7.00am
Cormorant 16n 22s
Gannet 55n 97s
Puffin 23n 22s
Common Tern 5n 6s
Eider 2s
Sandwich Tern 7n 66s
Manxie 22n 2s
Shag 2n
Common Scoter 196n 28s
Teal 3n
Bonxie 1n
Red th Diver 1s
05.30 Minke Whale sth surfaced 4 times before i lost it
Greylag Goose 2s
Arctic Tern 1n 1s
