Murder at Whitburn Obs...

3 species of Diver passed Whitburn Obs on this mornings watch, still a rare event as Black throated is still a very scarce bird off our coast. Stoney was in the house and the enjoyment of watching migrants coming in off soon turned to horror as our second Woodcock of the morning was knocked to the sea and eaten by Gulls, not good to watch...a few Blackbirds perished in similar fashion
I didn't manage to video the murder so i have included another video from my recent trip to Ecuador
This is what we saw in order of appearance

Thursday 23rd November 07.25-10.00 SW2 3/8

Redwing 6 in off
Fieldfare 33 in off
Blackbird 9 in off
Black h Gull 9n 18s
Curlew 8n
Guillemot 48n 1s
Common Gull 10n 6s
Kittiwake 1n
Red th Diver 14n 7s
Common Scoter 12n 1s
Teal 1n
Fulmar 6n 2s
Woodcock 4 in off
Scan Herring Gull 1s
Eider 1n
Golden Plover 25s
Song Thrush 4 in off
Thrush sp 18 in off
Great Northern Diver 1n
Cormorant 2n 2s
Shag 6s
Black th Diver 1n
Gannets 300ish n