Wednesday 18 May 2016

Ducked off...........

12 Bottlenose Dolphins went north at Whitburn Obs early morning. It was a very quiet sea watch and for the first time i can remember i didnt see any wildfowl, you could say i was Ducked off
The dolphins saved the day with what has become the regular pod going north. I saw at least 12 but suspect it was 20 plus
This is what i saw in order of appearance

Wednesday 18th May 04.55-07.15 S2-3 cloud cover

Sandwich Tern 5n 117s
Common Tern 4s
Common Gull 4n 10s
Gannet 9n 16s
Red th Diver 3s
Puffin 4n 6s
Bottlenose Dolphin 12+ north close inshore 05.45-05.55
Arctic Tern 5n
Manxie 1n