4 Roseate Terns and an Arctic Skua passed Whitburn on my early morning watch today. Its been a bog standard week so it was nice to get a bit of quality for a change. Conditions were superb with a calm flat grey sea it was crying out for a Minke Whale but so far its a no show at Whitburn this year. Its been a good sea for cetaceans all week but no fins so far
Little Tern let me down on reaching my 5 a day, yes that's right 5 tern species a day is good for your health
This is what i did manage to see in order of appearance
Thursday 5th June 05.05-07.05 SW1-2
Common Scoter 12n
Sandwich Tern 15n 245s
Puffin 22n
Common Tern 3n 9s
Gannet 251n 39s
Arctic Skua 1n
Arctic Tern 1n 4s
Black h Gull 2s
Roseate Tern 4s
Shelduck 6s
Greylag Goose 5n 4s
Red th Diver 1n
Canada Goose 8s
