Sooty Shearwater and 32 Little Gulls passed Whitburn Obs by 11am. 'More Teal Vicar', the old ones are the best, it was the start of autumn wildfowl movement today with good numbers of ducks and more species than of late. The northerly helped to get things moving and with good coverage today we could get a decent day total of Teal with 764 north when i left for a break
I was joined by Saint Mark and Stoney was in the house, this is what we saw in order of appearance
Monday 31st August 05.45-11.00
Black h Gull 60n 47s
Shag 15n 17s
Curlew 26n
Whimbrel 1n
Common Gull 3n 5s
Sandwich Tern 13n 37s
Red th Diver 2n 2s
Common Scoter 51n 6s
Teal 764n 7s
Little Gull 12n 20s
Redshank 6n 105s
Wigeon 58n
Common Tern 23n 37s
Arctic Skua 9n 3s
Sooty Shearwater 1n
Purple Sandpiper 2n
Knot 22n 16s
Manxie 8n
Grey Wagtail 1s
Turnstone 1s
Arctic Tern 9n 1s
Dunlin 2n 5s
Swallow 66n
Puffin 1s
Bonxie 3n
Tufted Duck 2n
Ringed Plover 1n
Pintail 3n
