Continuing
strong winds produced some excellent seabirds today with a superb Little Auk which
flew west and more unusual for the time of year, an Arctic Skua which was the
first ever winter
record for the Observatory.
Offshore
6 Wigeons west, 6 Teal west, 6 Pintails west, 30 Common Scoters west, 3
Red-breasted
Mergansers west, 10 Red-throated Divers west, 1 Shag west, 14 Great
Crested Grebes
west, 1 Arctic Skua west, 52 Kittiwakes west, 85 Little Gulls west, 5
Guillemots west, 3 Razorbills west, 32 Auk sp. west and 1 Little Auk flew west at 12:05.
Kittiwake
Little Gull (above and below)
Pintails
Others
1 Little Egret, 2 Gadwall, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 165 Grey Plovers,
2,500 Knot, 400
Dunlins, 75 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Med. Gulls and 1 2nd winter Yellow-legged
Gull.
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