Sunday, 31 May 2015

Here comes the rain again....

A Bonxie and 20 Manxies passed Whitburn Obs by 10 o'clock this morning. The rain lasted most of the sea watch but Magic Mark and myself stuck it out. That was May.......
This is what we saw in order of appearance

Sunday 31st May 04.45-10.05 SSE2-3 rain

Sandwich Tern 3n 410s
Gannet 730n 61s
Puffin 231n 12s
Turnstone 7n
Common Scoter 52n 23s
Manxie 15n 5s
Sanderling 19n
Red br Merganser 1n
Tufted Duck 1n
Arctic Tern 47n 1s
Common Tern 15n 2s
Red th Diver 3n 2s
Common Gull 3n
Gadwall 7n
Shag 1n
Eider 1n
Bonxie 1n
Little Tern 2n