Saturday 28 February 2015

Migration Magic.......

42 Whooper Swans and 95 Pink feet went north past Whitburn Obs by 11am this morning. Saint Mark and Pink Floyd joined me and Stoney was in the house. We were looking for some migration action and we certainly got it with the Whoopers and Pinks. This is what we saw in order of appearance

Saturday 28th Feb 06.35-11.00 SW2-3 cloud cover and good visibility

Mallard 7s
Black h Gull 3n 59s
Common Gull 25s
Scan Herring Gull 4s
Eider 1n 4s
Guillemot 3n 2s
Turnstone 3s
Rock Pipit 2s
Razorbill 3n 4s
Cormorant 12n 33s
Gannet 15n 15s
Curlew 11n 1s
Red th Diver 10n 2s
Shelduck 4n 1s
Redshank 6s
Greater B B Gull 1 leucistic bird south
Kittiwake 6n 16s
Porpoise 2
Pink footed Goose 95n (10 & 85)
Common Scoter 6n 2s
Whooper Swan 42n (35 & 7)
Black th Diver 1s
Goldeneye 3n 1s
Shag 1s
Peregrine 1s
Skylark 3E
Mistle Thrush and Kestrel were added to my obs list along with Whooper Swan bringing it to 88