Saturday 26 October 2013

something in the air

3 Great northern Divers, 2 Med Gulls and a Bonxie passed Whitburn by 11.05. Good conditions with cloud cover helped make it an enjoyable watch. I was joined by magic mark stevie thunder and the babysiter. Stevie lived up to his name having had a curry last night, you could hear the distant rumble and as thunderclap newman sang....'something in the air', it wasn't pleasant
Its not every day you see 3 great northerns i was happy
Here's what we saw in order of appearance

Saturday 26th October SW2 07.25-11.05

Black h Gull 6n 66s
Brent Goose 2n
Curlew 122 in obs field
Red th Diver 13n 12s
Cormorant 1n 16s
Goldeneye 2n
Common Scoter 41n 10s
Shag 3n 3s
Common Gull circa 30s
Eider 9n 1s
Great northern Diver 2n 1s
Scan Herring Gull 5s
Goosander 1s
Med Gull 2s ad and 2nd w
Teal 1n 1s
Porpoise 4
Grey Heron 1
Bonxie 1n
Whooper Swan 6s