Roseate Tern and a Little Gull went south past Whitburn obs by 10 o'clock. It was a short watch for me today as i had my BTO breeding bird survey to do on the moors at first light. I joined Magic Mark and Stevie Thunder at 7.30 and these are a few of the sightings from then. I didn't miss much apart from an Arctic Skua. Too little too late refers to a bird i saw going north that i noticed had a short stout black bill but wasn't able to nail the plumage id as it was already well north..............
This is what i saw in order of appearance
Sunday 21st June 07.30-10.00 W1-2 broken cloud
Little Gull 1s 1st sum
Red th Diver 2n
Black h Gull5n 1s
Swift 27s
Common Scoter 251n 4s (475 passed over the complete watch)
Arctic Tern 5n
Curlew 6n 1s
LBBGull 2n 1s
Manxie 1s
Roseate Tern 1s
Ringed Plover 1s
mystery bird 1n 09.30
