Monday 17 April 2017

Many happy re'Terns'

2 Great Northern Divers and 2 Manxies passed Whitburn Obs  by 10.30 this morning. Magic Mark and Boy Wonder joined me for a reet canny sea watch in a light northerly wind. For the first time this year we saw three species of Tern as our first Arctic and Common Terns went north, welcome back!
This is what we saw in order of appearance

Monday 17th April 05.45-10.30 N2 4/8

Fulmar 140n
Razorbill 235n
Gannet 181n 22s
Common Gull 123n 1s
Eider 10n 4s
Bar tailed Godwit 3n
Sandwich Tern 26n 18s
Red th Diver 11n
Manxie 2n
Curlew 1s
Goosander 1n
Arctic Tern 2n
Common Scoter 16n 3s
Shelduck 1n 2s
Common Tern 4n
Grey Heron 1n
Puffin 3n
Tufted Duck 2n
Shag 3n
Redshank 1s
Whimbrel 2n
LBBGull 1n
Black h Gull 4n 1s
Great Northern Diver 2n
Teal 2s
Wigeon 1n
Chiffchaff 1