The
amazing spring passage of Pomarine Skuas continued today with the Observatory`s
biggest single day
count of 15 !!.As on Friday the birds were coming in from the west, hitting the
point and veering off to
the north-east giving superb views.Three parties were seen and all in the first
90 minutes after dawn.
Pomarine Skuas
Offshore:
18 Common Scoters west, 6 Red-throated Divers east, 20 Manx Shearwaters west,
254 Gannets
east, 1 Great Crested Grebe east, 800 Knot west, 17 Bar-tailed Godwits west, 15
Pomarine Skuas
north-east; parties of 7,6 and 2, 9 Arctic Skuas north-east, 3 Skua sp. east mid
morning lost in an incoming
squall, 68 Kittiwakes east, 6 Sandwich Terns west, 1 Common Tern east, 2 Arctic
Terns east, 4
Guillemots east, 1 Razorbill east and 21 Auk sp. east.
Pomarine Skua
Visible
Migration
4 Whimbrels east, 21 Swallows north-east, 1 Alba Wagtail north-east,
1 Tree Pipit north-east,
2 Meadow Pipits north-east, 13 Goldfinch east, 1 Siskin east and 2 Redpolls
east.
Grounded
Migrants
1 Short-eared Owl, 60 Swifts, 3 Sand Martins, 100 Swallows, 60 House
Martins and
1 White Wagtail.
Short-eared Owl
Others
33 Ringed Plovers, 300 Knot, 240 Sanderlings, 175 Dunlins and 76
Turnstones.
Dunlin & Sanderling
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