Thursday, 5th December 2013

The peninsular was hit with 70 mph winds and high tides today resulting in minor flooding and some structural damage, but the storm was short and quick resulting in few seabirds being seen.
 
 The sea breaching the sea wall on the peninsula and crashing over the dunes
 
Offshore 
16 Wigeons west, 45 Teal west, 62 Pintails west, 9 Common Scoters west, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers west, 3 Fulmars west, 4 Red-throated Divers west, 3 Great Crested Grebes west, 23 Kittiwakes west, 9 Little Gulls west, 2 Guillemots west and 15 Auk sp. west.
 
 Red-throated Diver

Others
600 Pink-footed Geese, 8 Red-breasted Mergansers, 21 Ringed Plovers, 85 Sanderlings, 3 Purple Sandpipers, 53 Black-tailed Godwits and 230 Turnstones.
 
 Black-tailed Godwits

Purple Sandpiper

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