Most
of the news today came from the intrepid observers at Long Nab and Marine Drive
and the counts were as follows. From Long Nab today between 07.10 and 12.10 we
had 3 Pink-footed Geese (2 S, 1 N), a Pale-bellied Brent Goose (N), 7 Whooper
Swans (S), a Tufted Duck (N), 8 Common Scoter (S), 26 Red-throated Divers (11
S, 15 N), a Great Northern Diver (S), 10 Great Skua (S), 5 Arctic Skua (S), 11
Guillemots (2 S, 9 N) and 3 Swallows (2 S, 1 N), there were also 15 Pink-footed
Geese and a 2cy Mediterranean Gull in the area. Off Marine Drive this evening
between 17.10 and 18.10 6 Teal (N), 2 Red-breasted Mergansers (S), a
Red-throated Diver (S), 2 Manx Shearwaters (N), a Snipe (N), 12 Dunlin (N) and
2 Arctic Skuas (S).
At
Wykeham South Lake this morning a Peregrine flew through; at Scalby Lodge Pond
we had 9 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Stonechats and a little further afield 75
Pink-footed Geese went south over Thornton Carr at 18.30.
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