Seawatching
for 3½ hours from the Marine Drive shelter between 06.10 and 09.40 produced the
following – Teal 271(S) 17(N), Common Scoter 6(S) 95(N), Fulmar 76(S) 13(N),
Manx Shearwater 3(S) 2(N), Common Tern 52(S) 1(N), Golden Plover 2(S), Greater
Black-backed Gull 23(S), Whimbrel 2(S), Wigeon 3(S), Arctic Skua 8(S), an adult
Pomarine Skua at 06.44 (S), Sandwich
Tern 13(S) 31(N), Oystercatcher 2(S) 42(N), Ringed Plover 2(S), Dunlin 13(S), a
Curlew (S), a Redshank (S), Sanderling 9(S), Great Skua 2(S) and a dark Balearic Shearwater close in at 07.44 (S).
Waders
in Jackson’s Bay included 42 Turnstone, a Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, 9 Redshank
and 78 Oystercatchers; in the Ravenscar area a flock of 32 Snipe flew north, as
did a Whimbrel and also seen were 2 Stonechats, a Lesser Whitethroat and 12
Chiffchaffs; an Osprey was at
Ellerburn Trout Farm at 16.00 where a Hobby was also seen this evening; 9
Whimbrel flew north over Old Town at 15.46 and a couple of Swifts were over the
town this morning.
Finally
at Long Nab today during two observation periods 08.40 – 12.20 and 17.30 -
20.20 we had a Pintail (S), 31 Teal (S), 2 Tufted Duck (S), 30 Common Scoter (1
S, 29 N), 2 Manx Shearwater (S), a Golden Plover (S), a Ringed Plover (S), a
Whimbrel (S), a Greenshank (N), a Sanderling (N), 2 Dunlin (N), a 2cy
Mediterranean Gull (S) this evening, 101 Sandwich Terns (68 S, 33 N), 127
Common Terns (53 S, 74 N), 12 Arctic Terns (3 S, 9 N), Great Skua (1 S, 7 N), 4
Arctic Skua (3 S, 1 N), a Swift (S), 9 Swallows (S) and female type Merlin came
in off the sea and flew north at 18.20. Also in the Nab area were a Willow
Warbler, a Whitethroat, a Whinchat and 120 Great Black-backed Gulls.
