After a lack of gales during Sept/Oct strong winds finally produced
a decent seawatch! The highlight was a cracking juvenile Great Northern Diver which flew
past the tower just offshore allowing the opportunity to take some nice photos of the bird. Also seen were a single
Leach`s Petrel, 3 Great Skuas and 84 Little Gulls.
Great Northern Diver
Offshore
4 Wigeons west, 9 Teal west, 61 Pintails west, 1 Scaup
west, 18 Common Scoters west, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers west, 3 Red-throated Divers west, 1
Great Northern Diver west, 1 Leach`s Petrel west, 3 Gannets west, 5 Great Crested Grebes
west, 3 Great Skuas west, 74 Kittiwakes west, 84 Little Gulls west, 3 Guillemots west,
1 Razorbill west and 63 Auk sp. west.
Great Northern Diver
Pintails
Great Skua
Leach's Petrel
Others
325 Wigeons, 120 Teal, 5 Goldeneyes, 4 Red-breasted
Mergansers, 1 Peregrine, 2 Little Egrets, 45 Ringed Plovers, 32 Golden Plovers, 107 Grey
Plovers, 500 Lapwings, 1500 Knot, 260 Sanderlings, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 200 Dunlins, 33
Black-tailed Godwits and 280Turnstones.
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