Strong
winds produced the first Leach`s Petrels of the Autumn . The first hour of
sea-watching
was good but the wind veered more northerly and the birds dried up .
Offshore
3
Fulmar west, 5 Manx Shearwaters; 4 west & 1 on sea, 15 Gannets, 3 Leach`s
Petrels west, 1 Pink-footed Goose west, 36 Common Scoters west, 1 Red-breasted
Merganser west, 2 Red-throated Divers west, 4 Great Skuas west, 2 Arctic Skuas west, 8
Kittiwakes west, 2 Sandwich Terns west, 1 Arctic Tern west, 4 Guillemots west, 1 Razorbill
west and
4 Auk sp west. Also 1 Atlantic Grey Seal.
Gannets
Leach's Petrel
Visible
Migration
32 Pink-footed Geese south.
Grounded
Migrants
2 Wheatears.
Others
1 Little Egret, 55 Teal, 75 Sanderling, 1 Spotted Redshank, 16
Black-tailed Godwits, 5 Med. Gulls and 25
House Martins.
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