Monday 28 July 2014

Sunday 27th July 2014

Another good day with plenty of waders present along the coast and passing south at sea.
On the move (south unless stated) were 3 Fulmar + 34 north, 6 Manx Shearwater north, 317 Gannet + 422 north, 1 Cormorant + 7 north, 1 Little Egret north, 1 Red Kite blogging then left north, 1 Kestrel north, 39 Oystercatcher + 13 north, 1 Golden Plover, 33 Knot, 16 Sanderling, 135 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew north, 4 Redshank, 1 Turnstone, 1 Arctic Skua + 8 north, 25 Black-headed Gull + 98 north, 49 Common Gull + 5 north, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull + 1 north, 17 Great Black-backed Gull + 18 north, 628 Kittiwake north, 26 Sandwich Tern + 22 north, 8 Common Tern + 7 north, 10 Arctic Tern + 1 north, 24 Auk sp + 8 north, 2 Puffin north, 7 Swift + 8 north, 1 Sand Martin + 7 north, 93 Swallow + 6 north, 9 House Martin + 3 north, 12 Flava and 47 Linnet.
Elsewhere 12 Oystercatcher, 9 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling, 13 Redshank, 4 Curlew, 15 Whimbrel, 16 Turnstone, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 58 Sandwich Tern and 1 Common Tern were at Scalby Mills, 24 Oystercatcher, 8 Redshank and 7 Turnstone were in Cornelian Bay and a Blackcap was in Crook Ness.

Record shot of a flock of 14 Whimbrel heading south - Michael McNaghten
 

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