tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78533777740064938812024-03-13T13:51:56.533+00:00View from the ObsPaul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comBlogger838125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-88305011420258735722018-12-03T16:00:00.000+00:002018-12-03T16:00:56.123+00:00They think it's all over.....As recorder for Whitburn Obs @whitburnbirds produces a superb annual report along with other useful reports on highest passage of a species in a day month or year etc. He recently gave me an updated Whitburn Obs checklist that shows the total number of species seen since 2013 when I started my Obs list<br />
It prompted me to analyse my 2018 list. The overall Obs list is on 183 for 2018, I have seen 175 an average year but poor for me I have missed more species this year than previously.<br />
Here are the Whitburn Obs total species seen since 2013 with my year list total's last-<br />
2013-165-162<br />
2014-175-167<br />
2015-177-169<br />
2016-186-186<br />
2017-186-182<br />
2018-183-175<br />
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So what went wrong, what did I miss<br />
Fea's/Desertas/etc etc (you can't tick it anyway and I'm not bitter at all)<br />
Great Shearwater, I saw it from my caravan at Marsden but sadly not the Obs<br />
Little Grebe, an Obs first I am not upset honest<br />
LRP<br />
Grey Phal<br />
Jay<br />
Hooded Crow, the Harper's made me pay for doing my BB survey on a Saturday with Jay and the Crow<br />
Short-toed Lark, I saw it and called it as a Lark but didn't hear the call- jury is out<br />
Redstart, on the path by the Obs but did not show for me drat<br />
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Birds not seen at all at Whitburn Obs this year include<br />
No Partridge sp...<br />
Jack Snipe<br />
Buzzard<br />
Black Guillemot<br />
King Fisher<br />
No Flycatcher sp<br />
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So it's not all over yet at least four of the above are still possible and why not a Bewicks or....<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-20272553582876005742018-09-14T14:51:00.001+01:002018-09-14T14:51:46.671+01:00By the grace of god.......2 Roseate Terns a Black Tern and an Osprey were among the congregation at Whitburn Obs this morning. Stoney was in the house and we had good light a fresh south westerly and birds were moving. Pinkfeet started moving south at 06.50 adding an extra spice to the watch and one skein of 7 had a Bean Goose flying with them. Skuas were a feature and @gatesheadandbey called a juv Longtail as it headed north. Rob left for work demanding i kept the Gannet count going and the pressure was mounting but no help arrived. What did arrive by the grace of god were not one but two vicars....<br />
Rev David Atkinson plus one. They enjoyed a first sea watch but failed to get on the Black Tern i called going north. When they left heading for Whitburn Steel i was hoping for a miracle as an Osprey had just gone south close inshore heading for the Steel, how lucky is that hope they got it<br />
It's often the case that when all the birds for miles around go up that you can't find the raptor but this time i did and from memory i think Fos had one a few days ago so thats two past Whitburn in a few days<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Friday 14th September 06.15-11.15 SW3 8/8<br />
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Fulmar 13n 8s<br />
Common Gull 4n 25s<br />
Manx Shearwater 9n 2s<br />
Gannet 587n 142s<br />
Black h Gull 62n 183s<br />
Common Scoter 29n 8s<br />
Eider 5n 3s<br />
Sandwich Tern 122n 32s<br />
Redshank 6n 3s<br />
Cormorant 8n 227s<br />
Arctic Skua 9n 1s<br />
Red th Diver 9n 17s<br />
Curlew 4n 2s<br />
Common Tern 111n 163s<br />
Whimbrel 1s<br />
Pink footed Goose 606s<br />
Turnstone 1n 2s<br />
Teal 8n<br />
Shag 14s<br />
Bean Goose 1s 07.14 flying with 7 Pinks<br />
Bonxie 5n 1s<br />
Long tailed Skua 1n juv<br />
Redpoll 1n<br />
Swallow 52s<br />
Ringed Plover 1n 19s<br />
Dunlin 12s<br />
Wigeon 10n<br />
Puffin 1s<br />
Mipit 9s<br />
Golden Plover 3s<br />
Roseate Tern 2n ad<br />
Porpoise 1s<br />
Sooty Shearwater 1n<br />
Grey Heron 1s<br />
House Martin 2s<br />
Black Tern 1n juv<br />
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Osprey 1n 11.21 the video is not todays bird but one i made earlierPaul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-81458034413378861082018-08-29T12:26:00.001+01:002018-08-29T12:26:42.209+01:00Mellow Yellow.......Balearic Shearwater, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Gull...just another day at the office. Stevie Thunder was a late arrival and Stoney was in the house and we had a cracking sea watch. Full cloud calm sea loads of birds, we loved it. It seems to be the year of the juvenile Yellow-legged Gull...two a penny, and Rob called one today. The video later is one from the 10th. Ducks and Terns were moving along with Manxies and Skuas and one of the stars of the show was a delicious juvenile Little Gull. Smaller than the Terns it was flying near cor..Mute Swan is an Obs mega and we had three<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Wednesday 29th August 05.35-09.40 SW2 8/8<br />
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Teal 256n 44s<br />
Black h Gull 22n 63s<br />
Curlew 16n<br />
Gannet 1263n 314s<br />
Common Tern 75n 92s<br />
Cormorant 18n 158s<br />
Fulmar 14n 4s<br />
Sandwich Tern 49n 29s<br />
Common Scoter 151n 64s<br />
Shoveler 4n<br />
Common Gull 1n 7s<br />
Shag 2s<br />
Bonxie 5n 1s<br />
Manxie 93n 18s<br />
Arctic Skua 18n 8s<br />
Mallard 1s<br />
Shelduck 14n 1s<br />
Puffin 1n<br />
Arctic Tern 2n<br />
Red th Diver 3s<br />
Mute Swan 3s juvs<br />
Oystercatcher 10s<br />
Redshank 2n<br />
Wigeon 9n<br />
Golden Plover 6s<br />
Eider 1s<br />
LBBGull 1s<br />
Goosander 1n<br />
Yellow-legged Gull 1 juv<br />
Balearic Shearwater 1 feeding offshore<br />
Grey Wagtail 1s<br />
Little Gull 1n juv<br />
Porpoise 1s<br />
Swift 1n<br />
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Ive lost the ability to enhance videos on YouTube now and can't stabalise the hand shake out, i will find another way but didn't have time today<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-54111212302436811892018-08-10T13:46:00.001+01:002018-08-10T13:46:26.604+01:00right in the .....Balearic's Balearic Shearwater, Black Tern, Minke Whale...are we in heaven.....wye no man Whitburn Obs. The started quietly with little or no wind and few birds Stoney arrived just as the wind started picking up and it all kicked off. He called a distant Shearwater going north and it was the first north so we were all over it and were pleased to see it was the first Balearic Shearwater recorded at Whitburn this year. <br />
I picked up on a very distant Tern and called the juv Black Tern a year tick for Rob, then we both smiled as a Green Sandpiper called as it headed south a tick for me.<br />
As always the Cetaceans stole the show with White-beaked Dolphin's breaching then a Minke Whale showed very well as it surfaced three times heading north my second of the week.<br />
My Obs list reached 159 with the Sandpiper and Shearwater at last almost respectful <br />
It was a fantastic watch here are the details of what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Friday 10th August SW3 6/8 05.05-09.15<br />
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Curlew 4n 2s<br />
Black h Gull 16n 253s<br />
Turnstone 2s<br />
Sandwich Tern 49n 212s<br />
Common Gull 4n 17s<br />
Common Tern 41n 96s<br />
Common Scoter 7s<br />
Gannet 148n 58s<br />
Cormorant 19n 252s<br />
Redshank 23n 32s<br />
Dunlin 4n 29s<br />
Fulmar 14n 9s<br />
Shelduck 1n<br />
Wigeon 6s<br />
Roseate Tern 3s ads<br />
Ringed Plover 2s<br />
Sanderling 7s<br />
Goosander 8n<br />
Bonxie 1n 1s<br />
Arctic Tern 1n 4s<br />
Knot 17s<br />
Manxie 10s<br />
Med Gull 2s 2nd w and juv<br />
Balearic Shearwater 1n 07.00<br />
Green Sandpiper 1s<br />
Oystercatcher 13s<br />
Black Tern 1s juv 08.54<br />
White-beaked Dolphin 4n 07.20-07.48 then at least one more<br />
Minke Whale 1n 07.56 3/4 out<br />
phew.....Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-92087818587216292862018-07-10T10:56:00.002+01:002018-07-10T10:56:32.366+01:00Back in black....with a bit of silver 5 Sooty Shearwaters went north in over 4 hours on our sea watch this morning. They had a good supporting cast but the Med Gulls did it for me they were a bit special. Add in the Tall Ships and it was canny like. I was joined by Saint Mark and later Pink Floyd, Stoney was in the house.<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance, I've included a compilation video and some boats<br />
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Tuesday 10th July 04.25-08.45 N3 6/8<br />
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Gannet 702n 64s<br />
Curlew 3n 1s<br />
Common Gull 13n 5s<br />
Manxie 131n 2s<br />
Puffin 299n 84s<br />
Sooty Shearwater 5n<br />
Common Tern 49n 10s<br />
Fulmar 53n 4s<br />
Black h Gull 30n 4s<br />
Sandwich Tern 8n 19s<br />
Common Scoter 17n 4s<br />
Arctic Skua 7n 2s<br />
Arctic Tern 11n<br />
Whimbrel 4n 1s<br />
Teal 60n 3s<br />
Bonxie 3n 1s<br />
LBBGull 2n<br />
Med Gull 2s both ads different birds<br />
Swift 2n<br />
Red th Diver 2n<br />
Porpoise 1s<br />
Eider 2n<br />
Redshank 1s<br />
Shag 1s<br />
Red br Merganser 1n<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-87701037192956729482018-06-30T13:12:00.003+01:002018-06-30T13:12:24.491+01:00 June...out with a bang2 Pom Skuas and a Red-necked Grebe went north at Whitburn Obs this morning on a fantastic sea watch. If this is June comeback soon, both Marks were in and Pink Floyd and we loved it. Great light no fog, quality birds and Dolphins...twice. And a great Northern Diver landed on the sea in front of us mega.<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Saturday 30th June 04.30-10.30 NE2 8/8<br />
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Manx Shearwater 98n 17s<br />
Gannet 685n 376s<br />
Puffin 519n 94s<br />
Common Tern 152n 23s<br />
Common Scoter 575n 15s<br />
Sandwich Tern 16n 61s<br />
Fulmar 51n 1s<br />
Pom Skua 2n ads<br />
Arctic Tern 7n 13s inc 1st sum bird nth<br />
Red th Diver 5n<br />
Dunlin 1n<br />
Arctic Skua 5n 1s<br />
Eider 3n<br />
Mallard 2n<br />
Black h Gull 41n 11s inc first 4 juvs of yr<br />
Curlew 19n 11s<br />
Teal 154n a new day passage record for June<br />
Velvet Scoter 1s<br />
Red br Merganser 2n 1s<br />
Shelduck 2s<br />
Shoveler 1n<br />
Black tailed Godwit 3s<br />
Bar tailed Godwit 1n sum plum<br />
Common Gull10n 3s<br />
Red necked Grebe 1n<br />
Swift 8n<br />
Bonxie 2n<br />
Turnstone 1n<br />
Tufted Duck 1n<br />
LBBGull 1s<br />
Great Norther Diver 1n and landed on sea in front of Obs<br />
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Porpoise 1n 3s<br />
Bottlenose Dolphin 20 plus north 5.00-5.06 and same pod south 6.06-6.09<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-84488276843709673742018-06-15T11:34:00.002+01:002018-06-15T11:34:26.343+01:00Moving Swiftly on....... 229 Manxies a Pom Skua and a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins all went north at Whitburn Obs on this mornings watch. The wild winds were gone as were the Swifts after yesterdays 164 south. I had been hoping for some movement as birds went home after being blasted and i was not disappointed. The Manx Shearwaters took me by surprise i didn't expect as many and a single flock of 63 was memorable. As usual the Dolphins stole the show and it was a second sighting this week of Sammy the Squirrel, check him out at the end of the Dolphin video<br />
This is what i saw in order of appearance<br />
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Friday 15th June 04.30-09.00 WSW2 6/8<br />
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Gannet 244n 10s<br />
Fulmar 33n 2s<br />
Common Gull 1n 10s<br />
Manx Shearwater 229n 6s<br />
Sandwich Tern 12n 66s<br />
Common Tern 21n 12s<br />
Common Scoter 21n 9s<br />
Red th Diver 6n 2s<br />
Pom Skua 1n ad 05.10<br />
Shelduck 3n<br />
Arctic Tern 2n 1s<br />
Puffin 112n 9s<br />
Swift 4s<br />
Bottlenose Dolphin 30ish n 06.18-06.35 mid distance<br />
Squirrel 1on Obs wall<br />
Goosander 4n<br />
Shag 1n<br />
Black h Gull 1s<br />
Swallow 1s<br />
Yellow Wagtail 1s<br />
Eider 6s<br />
Curlew 1n<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-83104753196803050412018-06-05T11:59:00.001+01:002018-06-05T11:59:06.389+01:00I can see clearly now... 2 Roseate Terns a Great Northern Diver and 2 Arctic Skuas went north at Whitburn Obs in 5 hours this morning. When i got out of my car i was relieved to see no sign of fog or mist, yesterday my watch was cancelled due to the thick fog. Stoney was in the house and we enjoyed a fantastic five hour watch. It started slowly but the birds just kept coming, the first Roseate Tern was a year tick for both of us and anyone who saw Robs tweet with the boc photo will know what sort of views we enjoyed of the Great Northern Diver. The Grey Plovers and Godwits were the icing on the cake...can't wait for tomorrow<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Tuesday 5th June 04.40-10.00 N2-3 8/8<br />
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Fulmar 166n<br />
Puffin 198n 14s<br />
Manxie 23n<br />
Sandwich Tern 137n 131s<br />
Gannet 326n 139s<br />
Common Tern 66n 2s<br />
Grey Heron 1s<br />
Red th Diver 3n 1s<br />
Black h Gull 2n 1s<br />
Common Gull 2n 3s<br />
Common Scoter 30n 14s<br />
Shag 2n 1s<br />
Roseate Tern 1n 1s<br />
Arctic Tern 16n<br />
LBBGull 1n<br />
Knot 1n<br />
Arctic Skua 2n<br />
Sanderling 5n<br />
Sand Martin 1s<br />
Great Northern Diver 1n<br />
Dunlin 1n<br />
Bar-tailed Godwit 2n<br />
Grey Plover 5n<br />
Turnstone 7n<br />
Ringed Plover 1n<br />
Eider 3s<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-34686473826067847342018-05-22T13:40:00.000+01:002018-05-23T04:07:30.948+01:00Shelter from the storm....1 Bonxie and 12 Manxies went north at Whitburn Obs in over 6 hours this morning which does not sound great. It was however a fantastic sea watch with loads of birds moving mainly north and many of them very close inshore with good light and full cloud cover. The early seafret cleared and the crab sandwich brigade arrived for a memorable watch. An early visit from Fos was followed by Pink Floyd, Unlucky Dave, Hoggie, Wally the brolly and Phil the plumber. Bird of the watch for me was a Purple Sandpiper that landed in front of the Obs and briefly sheltered from the storm, only the second recorded this year. The local and now oft seen Bottlenose Dolphins put in an appearance as well including two greyer youngsters. Ive attached some video of the event, sorry about the soundtrack but the guys were excited and don't get out often. Pink Floyd was well behaved and was allowed to use a clicker for the first time much to his delight. This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Tuesday 22nd May 04.35-10.45 N4-5 8/8 early mist and drizzle<br />
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Sandwich Tern 160n 25s<br />
Gannet 986n 94s<br />
Fulmar 264n<br />
Ringed Plover 9n<br />
Manxie 12n<br />
Puffin 16n 2s<br />
Swift 1n<br />
Common Gull 4n 1s<br />
Common Scoter 18n<br />
Dunlin 2n<br />
Purple Sandpiper 1n<br />
Gadwall 3n<br />
Tufted Duck 1n<br />
Red th Diver 3n 2s<br />
Eider 1s<br />
Common Tern 16n<br />
Black h Gull 1n<br />
Bonxie 1n<br />
Bottlenose Dolphin 4n 09.45 and 5n 10.05<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-3074048266645704642018-05-12T12:48:00.001+01:002018-05-12T13:55:04.612+01:00The one that got away......Great Northern Diver and 40 Manxies passed Whitburn Obs in 5 hours this morning. Good light made for a memorable watch following a week of bright sun. We enjoyed a great selection of birds with Waders being a feature. A Plover sp went north with a ringed plover and may have been a Little-ringed Plover, a bird that would have been an Obs first for me but it wasn't nailed....just as well as i didn't get a lot on it. I was joined by Saint Mark back from his Antarctic adventure, Pink Floyd did the catering and Stoney was in the house. Chat turned to what birds we would like to see and Wood Sandpiper was well fancied with Lesser legs a rank outsider. Sandwich Terns gave the highest count of the season and it can't be long before we have a five Tern sp day. Throw in a few Dolphins and bingo a canny sea watch.<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Saturday 12th May 04.55-10.00 WNW 1-2 7/8<br />
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Gannet 216n 79s<br />
Bar tailed Godwit 2n<br />
Manxie 11n 29s<br />
Fulmar 66n<br />
Sandwich Tern 15n 525s<br />
Common Gull 6n 8s<br />
Puffin 6n 3s<br />
Common Scoter 43n 4s<br />
Common Tern 21n 17s<br />
Arctic Tern 9n 13s<br />
Purple Sandpiper 1n<br />
Whimbrel 4n 1s<br />
Red th Diver 1n 2s<br />
Eider 4s<br />
Red br Merganser 1n<br />
Dunlin 28n 6s<br />
Shag 3n 1s<br />
Ringed Plover 9n 6s<br />
Turnstone 2n<br />
Shelduck 1s<br />
Little Tern 1n 2s<br />
Swallow 4s<br />
Sanderling 2n<br />
Black h Gull 1n 1s<br />
Kestrel 1n<br />
House Martin 1n<br />
Tufted Duck 3s<br />
Porpoise 1n<br />
Curlew 1n<br />
Great N Diver 1n<br />
Bottlenose Dolphin 4n 09.10-09.15<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-49453119153720823572018-04-21T13:40:00.002+01:002018-04-21T13:40:22.831+01:00Gripped off again..... Hooded Crow, Merlin, Jay and Lesser throat were all seen at Whitburn Obs this morning. The bad news is i was on the moors doing my BTO first survey, I'd picked which day to do my square based on wind strength and weather in general...big mistake i should have chosen Monday when nobody is in the Obs. The Harper family conspired to totally grip me off. With Mr Harper senior calling the Hoodie as they watched the first Lesser throat of the year. To put this in perspective i found the only Obs Hooded Crows in 2016 and 2017 both on 10/4 and was anticipating a hat-trick....<br />
But well done for finding it and of course to Saint Mark on the Jay and Lesser. I did eventually arrive at Whitburn and pulled back the Whitethroat and had a Yellow Wagtail fly over calling both birds i didnt get last year so it was not all bad news<br />
I also arrived in time to see some of the Bottlenose Dolphins that passed the Obs including the mother and junior featured in the attached video<br />
My Obs list hit 120 and more Hoodies have been seen to the south so you never know, but Jay..forget it<br />
This is what was seen overall in no particular orde <br />
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Saturday 21st April 06.05-11.00 S1 0/8<br />
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Red th Diver 4n 3s<br />
Gannet 10n<br />
Fulmar 40n 4s<br />
Cormorant 22n 35s<br />
Shag 8n 3s<br />
Shelduck 6n 7s<br />
Shoveler 2s<br />
Eider 12n 5s<br />
Common Scoter 6n 30s<br />
Red br Merganser 1n<br />
Dunlin 2n<br />
Whimbrel 1n 1s<br />
Curlew 4s<br />
Turnstone 6s<br />
Black h Gull 3n 8s<br />
Common Gull 38n 3s<br />
Sandwich Tern 87n 66s<br />
Arctic Tern 3n<br />
Sandmartin 1n 4s<br />
Swallow 5n 2s<br />
Hooded Crow 1n 06.10 grrr<br />
Jay 1s 07.50 grrr<br />
Merlin 1 on range<br />
Wheatear 4<br />
Lesser Whitethroat 1<br />
Yellow Wagtail 1n<br />
Bottlenose Dolphin 1n 14s (3,5,2,2,2) 09.15-10.15 ish<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-90551358962733514412018-04-07T12:23:00.000+01:002018-04-07T12:27:36.630+01:00That's what friends are for...Osprey Arctic Tern and Merlin were all seen from Whitburn Obs on today's watch. It was a mega Obs list day for me with 5, yes count them 5 year ticks and all of them hard to get birds. Saint Mark beat me in and we were joined by Pink Floyd and Boy Wonder, we had little expectation but i should have known when a Ringo flew in off as i reached the Obs.<br />
Our first Arctic Tern of the year was unexpected and earlier than normal and Sandwich Terns reached double figures for the first time this year. Saint Mark stepped out for a scan around and found a probable Merlin perched but distant, we were aware Osprey had been at a couple of sights south of us so all eyes were looking up. He decided to go and nail the Falcon and was just approaching the Obs on his way back to confirm it's id when he found the Osprey....mayhem erupted and thankfully we all got the bird<br />
Ross stepped out for a comfort break, bins only and found a Stock Dove an Obs mega...that's what friends are for, thanks guys. Next weekend i will be in Gambia for a short birding break so i was relieved to get all these hard to see birds safely on my year list.<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Saturday 7th April 05.55-10.05 6/8 SSE2<br />
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Black h Gull 4n 24s<br />
Common Gull 15n 287s<br />
Cormorant 14n 14s<br />
Ring Ouzal 1 in off<br />
Carrion Crow 12n 24s<br />
Shelduck 7s<br />
Manx Shearwater 1s<br />
Sandwich Tern 6n 4s<br />
Razorbill 11n 1s<br />
Guillemot 4n<br />
Red br Merganser 3n<br />
Kittiwake 224n 14s<br />
Arctic Tern 1n<br />
Porpoise 1n 2s<br />
Red th Diver 3n 5s<br />
Oystercatcher 4n 1s<br />
Whimbrel 2s<br />
Merlin 1 female perched on the rifle range<br />
Iceland Gull 2w on the range<br />
Teal 5s<br />
Gadwall 1n<br />
Osprey 1n 07.55<br />
Curlew 1s<br />
Meadow Pipit 4 in off<br />
Shag 3n 2s<br />
Goosander 1s<br />
LBBGull 1n 1s<br />
Tufted Duck 1n<br />
Mallard 2s<br />
Stock Dove 1n<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-64634717493870782762018-04-04T13:00:00.005+01:002018-04-04T13:00:56.444+01:00Floppy's back in town...a Blue Fulmar and 3 Sandwich Terns went north on this mornings sea watch but the Dolphins stole the show as usual. Only five minutes into my watch i picked up on some Bottlenose Dolphins heading north, three became ten as they slowly revealed themselves. No breaching just a slow steady movement keeping fairly low. Stoney was in the house by now and soon showed off his media skills taking video through his scope with a mobile without an adapter, someone should give him a roll in media...Anyone over 60 should not attempt this skill. Later more pods headed north and we were happy to see an old friend Floppy was with them, this Dolphin is easily recognised as it has a bent over dorsal fin that's a bit well floppy. I have attached some video of the event but its my first of the year so.....<br />
The watch was fun packed with the local Fox showing well and a pair of Gadwall continued our run of good quality Ducks<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Wednesday 4th March 06.15-09.15 SW2 8/8 rain/mist<br />
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Black h Gull 8n<br />
Common Gull 136n 6s<br />
Fulmar 70n<br />
Teal 2s<br />
Razorbill 42n<br />
Guillemot 61n<br />
Cormorant 11n 5s<br />
Eider 9n<br />
Alba Wagtail 1n 3s<br />
Common Scoter 17n 1s<br />
Turnstone 1n<br />
Porpoise 4s<br />
Blue Fulmar 1n DD a really dark one<br />
Shag 1s<br />
Sandwich Tern 3n<br />
Rock Pipit 1n<br />
Gadwall 2n<br />
Red th Diver 4n<br />
Goosander 3n<br />
Gannet 3n<br />
Fox1 in nature reserve<br />
Chiffchaff 1 singing<br />
Bottlenose Dolphins<br />
10n 06.20-06.40<br />
5n 07.25-07.359n 07.40-07.45<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-15195290671757650552018-03-24T15:19:00.003+00:002018-03-24T15:19:50.059+00:00Suppression Blues...... 19 Whooper Swans a Sandwich Tern and a Blue Fulmar went north at Whitburn Obs on this mornings watch. All were reported in our normal way on Twitter for all to see rather than on a closed private WhatsApp group. A heads up from @yellowbrow was much appreciated regarding a White-billed Diver heading south from Newbiggin. Otherwise the public news from the north of us was scant. It makes us wonder should we be so generous in future...Sadly the bird did not arrive<br />
Saint Mark beat me in this morning with our earliest start date of the year and on a nothing day with hardly a breath of wind birds started moving. By the time Pink Floyd arrived migration was in full swing, then lo and behold our lost Boy Wonder joined the party and was soon calling birds like he had never been away. It was cold and i regretted leaving my bag with flask at home for the second time in a week, old age..<br />
The first Sandwich Tern of the year turned up at last and was on a typical date, id missed one that SMI got on Monday on a nice early date, but we are up and running at last, last year it was the 22nd and a recent earliest date was the 17th. Coal Tit, Siskin and the Tern were all Obs year ticks bringing my total to 106<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Saturday 24th March 05.50-10.50 W1 8/8<br />
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Red th Diver 23n 15s<br />
Fulmar 207n<br />
Kittiwake 1360n <br />
Eider 4n 8s<br />
Black h Gull 28n 12s<br />
Coal Tit 1 by Obs <br />
Cormorant 7n 14s<br />
Shag 2n 7s<br />
Common Gull 13n 7s<br />
Guillemot 14n 2s<br />
Mallard 4s<br />
Razorbill 6n<br />
Gannet 21n 3s<br />
Common Scoter 15n 18s<br />
Alba Wagtail 3n<br />
Redshank 6s<br />
Shelduck 3n 1s<br />
Peregrine 2n<br />
Siskin 3 <br />
Porpoise at least 5 feeding<br />
Canada Goose 3s<br />
Blue Fulmar 1n D<br />
Mute Swan 2n<br />
Turnstone 4s<br />
Skylark 9n<br />
Grey Wagtail 2s<br />
LBBGull 2n<br />
Sandwich Tern 1n<br />
Grey Heron 1s<br />
Curlew 1n 1s<br />
Whooper Swan 19n<br />
Wigeon 2n<br />
Dunlin 4n<br />
Pintail 2n<br />
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Not a bad haul shame the Diver didn't come south for us, maybe tomorrow<br />
My camera was in my bag at home so no video of todays birds but here is some of a White Pelican at Saltholme Pools its poor quality but what a turn up<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-44695138975630291072018-03-21T15:42:00.001+00:002018-03-21T15:42:46.092+00:00The Magical Mystery Tour.... Iceland Gull and Raven were the pick of the bunch on a busy sea watch at Whitburn Obs. With spring in full swing and temperatures due to hit 5 degrees we didn't know what was going to happen next on our magical... The birds just kept coming. Stoney was in the house and it was straight down to business. After the Beast 2 i expected to see some bird movement yesterday as they moved back after the blast but it didn't happen, instead it started today. Common Gulls were ghosting north in numbers, hard to count as they seemed to appear from nowhere. Two Great-crested Grebes at Whitburn is unusual and perhaps more predictable was the Iceland Gull.<br />
Birds were coming in/off and as we have seen a lot of lately Corvids were coming in/off and generally moving. I picked up on a Raven way up high heading north in the close proximity of some Carrion Crows, our 4th in a week. To round it all off Pink feet started moving, can't wait for tomorrow morning<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Wednesday 21st March 06.05-10.05 W2-3 6/8<br />
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Common Gull 346n 27s<br />
Cormorant 18n 17s<br />
Kittiwake 91n 18s<br />
Razorbill 13n<br />
Fulmar 89n 5s<br />
Black h Gull 54n 22s<br />
Guillemot 30n 1s<br />
Common Scoter 3n 4s<br />
Shelduck 3n 1s<br />
LBBGull 2n<br />
Meadow Pipit 6 in/off<br />
Red th Diver 16n 10s<br />
Eider 3n 3s<br />
Great-crested Grebe 2n<br />
Curlew 3n 1s<br />
Sanderling 18n<br />
Shag 3n 13s<br />
Porpoise 2n<br />
Sparrowhawk 1n<br />
Redwing 2 in off<br />
Grey Heron 1s<br />
Iceland Gull 1n 1st w<br />
Pied Wagtail 3 in off<br />
Raven 1n 07.35 high over sea with Crows<br />
Carrion Crow 6 high north and 2 in off<br />
I managed video of the Iceland and Pinks but decided to go with a Grebe, one of our birds today was in similar plumage on the sea <br />
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Peregrine 1n hunting over the sea it failed to take a Kittiwake<br />
Teal 2s<br />
Pink-footed Goose 124n<br />
Mallard 1n<br />
Velvet Scoter 2sPaul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-75852679773412562552018-03-14T12:48:00.003+00:002018-03-14T13:01:11.536+00:00Corvid Conspiracy..... 3 Ravens flew south at Whitburn Obs this morning right along the cliff top only yards away from Rob and myself. Yes Stoney was in the house and we were enjoying a pleasant watch with little of quality and lots of Common Gulls moving north. In recent days Carrion Crows have become more obvious and abundant with groups close by and also flying distantly out to sea, a regular event this time of year. We always check them out as we are due or annual Hooded Crow. Rob was watching some Crows go north close in and commented one looked rather chunky. I jumped up and threw open the north shutter as if an Albert Ross was passing but we couldn't see any big black birds. Then three corvids flew south with a smaller bird and i said 'is that a Jackdaw' and lifted my bins to find it was a Crow dwarfed by the three Ravens that were flying ahead of it at eye level. We ran outside and they were already well south looking like landing on Jackies Beach but instead hurried south.<br />
Not my first from the Obs but a great year tick.<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Wednesday 14th March 06.05-10.05 SSE3 6/8<br />
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Pink-footed Goose 32n<br />
Black h Gull 12n 46s<br />
Fulmar 127n 2s<br />
Common Gull 336n 37s<br />
Cormoranat 8n 9s<br />
Gannet 6n<br />
Curlew 5n<br />
Guillemot 40n 3s<br />
Kittiwake 10n 10s<br />
Red th Diver 5n 3s<br />
Shag 2n 5s<br />
Razorbill 11n 3s<br />
Shelduck 2s<br />
Common Scoter 20n 5s<br />
Eider 1n<br />
Magpie 29 in reserve<br />
Red br Merganser 1n<br />
Mallard 2n (distant birds)<br />
Grey Heron 1s<br />
LBBGull 1s<br />
Lapwing 1s<br />
Carrion Crow 2 in off<br />
Raven 3s<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-15469506027754749112018-03-11T13:06:00.003+00:002018-03-11T13:06:51.107+00:00Ton up......Spring arrived at Whitburn Obs today as we saw an increase in the number of species seen and a little vis mig. We didn't have anything special but 6 species of wildfowl including our first Gadwall of the year was a vast improvement. The Gadwall were my 100'th species of the year from the Obs and with Sandwich Tern and Sand Martins due soon it should gather pace after a pedestrian February.<br />
I still need plenty of tarts ticks tho like Canada Goose, Coal Tit and Siskin.<br />
I was joined by Magic and Saint Mark and Stoney was in the house, this was Magic Marks last watch till May as he heads off to Antarctica this week lucky boy<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Sunday 11th March 06.15-09.45 SW2 4/8<br />
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Fulmar 162n<br />
Curlew 2n 1s<br />
Eider 3n 6s<br />
Razorbill 3n<br />
Guillemot 6n 11s<br />
Red th Diver 4n 9s<br />
Common Gull 6n 8s<br />
Goosander 1n<br />
Black h Gull 19n 52s<br />
Greylag Goose 2s<br />
Cormorant 7n 8s<br />
Kittiwake 49n 5s<br />
Shag 4n 11s<br />
Shelduck 3s<br />
Porpoise 5 feeding<br />
Common Scoter 7n<br />
Great-crested Grebe 1s<br />
Carrion Crow 6s<br />
Gannet 4n<br />
Mallard 3s<br />
Pied Wagtail 1n<br />
Sanderling 1n<br />
Skylark 1n<br />
Turnstone 2n<br />
Grey Heron 1s<br />
Gadwall 2n<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-32412760104606079012018-03-06T14:15:00.001+00:002018-03-06T14:15:07.535+00:00Fancy a Shag........Three species of Diver and a Blue Fulmar passed Whitburn Obs in 4 hours this morning. I was joined by Pink Floyd and Stoney was in the house on another wet Obs watch. The south easterly was chucking rain at us most of the time making it hard to keep the optics dry. Birds were slow to get moving but when they did it wasn't bad. For the third day running i found a Great-crested Grebe on the sea, Rob managed to get on it but Dave did not and as on the previous days it was never seen again. The cracking Blue Fulmar won bird of the day followed by our 3rd Puffin of the year.Shags continued to feature with today's haul bringing the four day total to 116 mainly south, some will be locals but many are just heading south.<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Tuesday 6th February 06.35-10.35 SE3 8/8 rain heavy at times<br />
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Black h Gull 7n<br />
Kittiwake 34n 22s<br />
Fulmar 100n 110s<br />
Guillemot 70n 449s<br />
Shag 16n 3s<br />
Razorbill 2n<br />
Red th Diver 5n 8s<br />
Cormorant 4n 1s<br />
Eider 1n 1s<br />
Gannet 14n 3s<br />
Puffin 1s<br />
Common Gull 2n 1s<br />
Mallard 6n<br />
Little Gull 2n 3s (1 1st w)<br />
Great-crested Grebe 1 on sea<br />
Black th Diver 1s<br />
Great Northern Diver 1n<br />
Common Scoter 4s<br />
Curlew 2n<br />
Blue Fulmar 1n (D)<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-92145199574669421122018-03-04T12:56:00.002+00:002018-03-04T12:56:24.517+00:00In like a Lion.... Slavonian and Great-crested Grebe were both off Whitburn Obs this morning, both Obs year ticks and both scarce. I was on my own this morning cold and wet from the easterly, Magic Mark was AWOL, Saint Mark was somewhere between Copenhagen, Birmingham airport and Nottingham. Stoney was not in the house.<br />
Who would have thought on a miserable wet and windy morning i would get three Obs year ticks. My first bird of the day was a tick,Woodcock coming in /off, Next i picked up on a Great-crested Grebe on the sea amidst the Little Gull feeding area. I never saw it again but did find a Slav Grebe bobbing about on the rough sea, this was soon lost as well drifting south. No Ducks was a bit of a shock and the Shag fest was nice<br />
It was good to get a few new birds following on from yesterdays Little Gull after a very poor February. The list in on track with 98 so far, it would be nice if @SteelySeabirder could send south one of his Tystie's.<br />
This is what i saw in order of appearance<br />
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Sunday 4th March 06.40-10.15 ESE3-4 8/8 rain/sleet/snow<br />
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Woodcock 1 in off<br />
Common Gull 8n 39s<br />
Fulmar 21n 25s<br />
Guillemot 22n 51s<br />
Kittiwake 5n 56s<br />
Shag 2n 34s (we had 34 sth yesterday as well)<br />
Black h Gull 10n 1s<br />
Little Gull 2n 13s (3 juvs)<br />
Great-crested Grebe 1 on the sea drifted south i think<br />
Golden Plover 3s<br />
Gannet 4n 13s<br />
Slav Grebe 1 on sea drifted sth<br />
Red th Diver 2s<br />
Razorbill 2s<br />
Black th Diver 1n<br />
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The Little Gulls were difficult to video in dark conditions<br />
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Not todays bird.......Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-42794585593703511182018-02-18T13:45:00.004+00:002018-02-18T13:45:33.855+00:00Winter Birding Weekend..... 2 Long-tailed Ducks and a Red-necked Grebe went north on this mornings Whitburn Obs sea watch. They were my first Long-tailed Duck of the year and brought my Obs year list to 91 species, a bit of a slow start but plenty of time to improve. Both Saint and Magic Mark made it in today and Stoney was in the house to round off a great weekends seawatching. Today's Snow Bunting and yesterdays Pink feet added to that winter feel. We may have to rename Pink Floyd due to his ability in finding impossible to see skeins, Goose got a few votes<br />
This is what we saw today in order of appearance followed by yesterdays sightings.<br />
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Sunday 18th February 06.55-10.00 S1-2 7/8<br />
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Black h Gull 14n 64s<br />
Fulmar 170n<br />
Guillemot 116n<br />
Razorbill 38n<br />
Goldeneye 1n<br />
Shelduck 2n 1s<br />
Shag 5n 4s<br />
Common Gull 10n 13s<br />
Cormorant 2n 17s<br />
Scan Herring Gull 1s<br />
Red th Diver 7n 20s<br />
Porpoise 2s<br />
Eider 2n 2s<br />
Red br Merganser 1n<br />
Snow Bunting 1n<br />
Greylag Goose 3n<br />
Mallard 3s<br />
Redshank 8s<br />
Red-necked Grebe 1n 08.48 (thanks for the heads up Graham Stoker)<br />
Grey Heron 1s<br />
Long-tailed Duck 2n drakes<br />
Curlew 1s<br />
Kittiwake 2n<br />
Gannet 7s<br />
Skylark 1n<br />
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highlights of Saturday 17th February 07.05-10.30<br />
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GBBGull 166s<br />
Great Northern Diver 1s<br />
Pink-footed Goose 261n<br />
Med Gull 1s ad (3rd different adult in 2 days)<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-67792245964621717002018-01-31T12:29:00.003+00:002018-01-31T12:29:37.933+00:00Obs January round-upMy Obs year list reached 83 on the last day of January, a little down on 2016 and 17 which were 86 and 87 respectively. It's been slim pickings at times but has had it's highlights in particular a nice early White-billed Diver. Today we had the record highest ever count of White fronts go north, a tough bird to catch up with and its our second skein of the month. The White wingers are in the bag along with Red-necked Grebe<br />
Normally i have to wait till the autumn for Redwings and Fieldfare but this year all the Thrushes are ticked except Ringo.<br />
So what did i see last January that i didn't this year...well it's a long list with some top birds<br />
Great White Egret, Snow Bunting, Merlin, Long-tailed Duck, Scaup and Whooper Swan to name a few.<br />
Stoney was in the house today and called my first Pintail of the year<br />
One thing i can guarantee i will be back as often as possible, i ended last year on 182 so that's my main target<br />
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The video of today's White-fronted Geese is distant but we were able to get decent scope views, of interest are the wind turbine bases which thankfully ended up heading north...phew<br />
Sorry could not get it to load so here's one from earlier in the monthPaul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-32803292717944901812018-01-26T14:37:00.003+00:002018-01-26T14:37:57.218+00:00Menage a trois...... 3 Peregrine Falcons were hunting together over the sea off Whitburn Obs in what must have been a first. Recently we witnessed a Peregrine try and take down a Red throated Diver which was amazing to see. Today we first saw two Peregrines chasing Curlew, then a single in hot pursuit of a Golden Plover then a huge female with both of her males after a feral pigeon. Sadly i failed on the video front when all three were coming in toward me with the big momma in the middle, menage a trois<br />
The crab sandwich boys made a surprise Friday visit and this is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Friday 26th January 07.45-11.00 WNW 7/8<br />
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Eider 6n 3s<br />
Fulmar 63n 1s<br />
Guillemot 48n 1s<br />
Common Gull 21n 16s<br />
Shag 2s<br />
Black h Gull 36n 26s<br />
Cormorant 3n 6s<br />
Shelduck 1n<br />
Red th Diver 15n 22s<br />
Razorbill 2n<br />
Scan Herring Gull 1s<br />
Curlew 18s<br />
Porpoise 1n<br />
Turnstone 5s<br />
Red necked Grebe 1n<br />
Wigeon 2n<br />
Gannet 1n<br />
Black th Diver 1n<br />
Grey Heron 1n<br />
Mallard 3s<br />
Golden Plover 1n<br />
Peregrine 3 (2m 1f)<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-343332003222749392018-01-14T14:01:00.003+00:002018-01-14T14:01:19.430+00:00White wing vigil......29 Russian White-fronted Geese flew south at 09.35 on this mornings watch. It was just reward for Magic and Saint Mark and myself following over 6 hours of watching from the cold Obs this weekend. Amazingly it was our only sea watching year tick tho discussion on the actual number was arduous it varied between 30, 29, 27....Our target birds for the weekend were white winged gulls, Glaucous and Iceland to be precise and today seemed the better day with a continuous stream of gulls heading south. It was not to be but the Whitefronts made up for all of that, although they are a very rare Obs bird this is the forth consecutive year we have connected. Ive included some video from @harperBirder and myself as i was late getting on the birds<br />
This is what we saw today in order of appearance<br />
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Sunday 14th January 07.50-11.10 S3 8/8<br />
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Scan Herring Gull 1n 7s<br />
Common Gull 83s<br />
Black h Gull 59s<br />
Guillemot 180s<br />
Eider 6s<br />
Cormorant 4s<br />
Heron 1n<br />
Shag 2s<br />
Red th Diver 5n 12s<br />
Common Scoter 1s<br />
Shelduck 1s<br />
Gannet 1n 1s<br />
Fulmar 6n 9s<br />
Curlew 1n 13s<br />
Red br Merganser 1s<br />
Wigeon 3s<br />
Russian White-fronted Goose 29s 09.35<br />
Golden Plover 70s<br />
Brent Goose 1n db<br />
Razorbill 1s<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-31657298854958429252018-01-06T15:02:00.001+00:002018-01-06T15:02:56.393+00:00Groundhog day.....White-billed Diver won star bird on our sea watch at Whitburn Obs today. Maybe we should rename the Obs WBD City....it is for sure the best east coast site to see this sought after sea watching mega. @middy-birding called a high distant Diver coming north, although we didn't realise it yet The Prof had struck gold again. It took forever to come north and needed its i.d.sorting but eventually we nailed it as it came up to straight out. I was late with my video camera and missed the bird but thankfully a couple of the guys got decent photos, it helps with the description...So its my old video again sorry<br />
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We did promise our Northumberland sea watching friends another good bird soon at Tim's party and we came up with the goods. So in return can we have a Ross's Gull please, tomorrow will do<br />
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I expected more folk in the Obs on our first northerly of the year but not many ventured out in the cold. It was good to see Hoggie back sea watching after being under the weather recently and he got his just deserts<br />
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We saw some great birds but of note was the first Blue Fulmar Magic Mark called or should i say Black Fulmar. Its upper parts were black but underwing and belly still showed a lot of white..I've never seen anything like it<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Saturday 6th January 07.40-12.30 NNE5-6 4/8<br />
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Black h Gull 15s<br />
Fulmar 715n yes 715<br />
Common Gull 52n 688n<br />
Guillemot <br />
Curlew 142n<br />
Kittiwake 60n<br />
Red th Diver 7n 14s<br />
Gannet 47n<br />
Great Northern Diver 1n<br />
Razorbill 9n<br />
GBBGull 90n<br />
Eider 4n 4s<br />
Goldeneye 3n<br />
Scan Herring Gull 1s<br />
Blue Fulmar 4n<br />
Lapwing 45n<br />
Common Scoter 5s<br />
Kestrel 1n<br />
Porpoise 1n<br />
Shelduck 9n<br />
Med Gull 2n 2s ads<br />
Cormorant 2n 2s<br />
Velvet Scoter 4n<br />
Manx Shearwater 1n<br />
Bonxie 1n 1s<br />
Golden Plover 15n<br />
Shag 2n<br />
White-billed Diver 1n ad 10.30ish till 10.45<br />
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<br />Paul Hindesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448384770547502419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853377774006493881.post-2286432492881118862018-01-01T15:18:00.004+00:002018-01-01T15:18:51.951+00:00Your the one that i want..... Red-necked Grebe south at Whitburn Obs this morning was the stand out bird, a good call by Saint Mark. We gave it a good go but not much was about. My 2017 list ended on 182 and in the end a start of 42 species from the Obs was a good start. The only disappointment being a probable heard only Kingfisher by Magic Mark wasn't nailed down. Amazing that the first Fulmar recorded was blue..<br />
Most wanted bird of the morning was the Water Rail which showed well from the viewing screen in the nature reserve. Only a few hundred yards from the Obs but not viewable....maybe i will hear it over the coming weeks<br />
This is what we saw in order of appearance<br />
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Monday 1st January 07.50-11.15 SW1-2 4/8<br />
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Common Scoter 1s<br />
Cormorant 11s<br />
Common Gull 2n 33s<br />
Black h Gull 3n 22s<br />
Guillemot 21n 42s<br />
Porpoise 5s<br />
Red th Diver 20n 45s <br />
Blue Fulmar 1n<br />
Fulmar 9n 9s<br />
Gannet 18n 25s<br />
Eider 2n 1s<br />
Shag 2n 4s<br />
Grey Heron 1s<br />
Golden Plover 1n 2s<br />
Goldeneye 1n 1s<br />
Turnstone 2s<br />
Rock Pipit 1s<br />
Red-necked Grebe 1s<br />
Redshank 1s<br />
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