Little Auk and 3 species of Diver passed Whitburn Obs by 10.45 today. I was joined by Gnome and later Hoggie. Gnome a fellow blogger from Oxford had contacted me a few days ago saying he was in the area and wanted advice on sea watching at the Obs. He needed Little Auk for a lifer, i explained his chances were very slim. Sure enough he found his way to the Obs this morning and although it was a bit quiet we managed a canny watch. Would you believe i picked up a Little Auk moving south fairly close inshore, sadly neither of the guys could get on it before it dumped onto the sea , luckily i still had the bird in my scope and Knome was able to life tick it, birds to order or what
A flock of 10 Divers going north had a Black throat tagging along to complete our diver hat trick
This is what we saw in order of appearance
Monday 18th January 07.55-10.45 S2 cloud cover
Common Gull 5n 31s
Black h Gull 3n 38s
Eider 26n
Red th Diver 13n 5s
Shag 2s
Fulmar 4n 5s
Cormorant 2n 4s
Great northern Diver 1n
Bonxie 1s
Common Scoter 21n 5s
Shelduck 1s
Little Auk 1s
Black th Diver 1n
Med Gull 1n ad
Kittiwake 1s
Knot 3s
