Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Shear delight....

2 Roseate Terns and 2 Great northern Divers passed Whitburn Obs by 07.30 this morning. Magic Mark and Fos joined me in perfect sea watching conditions. A brisk northerly and full cloud cover greeted me as i sat down this morning, and my first bird a close Manxie....it was great to get some real movement of these special birds
Sadly its a work day for me today so i had to leave early, this is what we saw in order of appearance

Wednesday 25th May 04.55-07.30

Manxie 48n
Gannet 325n
Fulmar 304n
Puffin 92n 1s
Arctic Tern 19n
Common Gull 2n 2s
Sandwich Tern 24n 3s
Common Scoter 2n 9s
Red th Diver 1n
Roseate Tern 2n
Great northern Diver 2n
Eider 4s, 5 on sea
Bonxie 1n
Common Tern 1n
Teal 2n