A
nice selection of birds were seen around the Obs today with a superb summer
plumaged Black
Guillemot that flew west. Also seen today was the first Iceland Gull of the
winter and a Long-eared
Owl, which was disturbed whilst cutting a new net ride during the afternoon.
Offshore
3 Shelducks east, 72 Common Scoters west, 18 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2
Goosanders east,
11 Red-throated Divers east & 5 west, 3 Great Crested Grebes west & 6 on
the sea, 1 Guillemot,
1 Auk sp. west and 1 Black Guillemot west at 08:23.
Grounded
Migrants:
1 female Stonechat joined yesterday`s male.
Others
370 Pink-footed Geese, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 34 Ringed Plovers, 85
Sanderlings, 700 Dunlins,
2 Jack Snipes, 17 Snipe, 32 Black-tailed Godwits, 220 Curlews, 625 Redshanks, 1
1st winter
Iceland Gull, 2 Med. Gulls, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Long-eared Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1
Stonechat and
7 Rock Pipits.
Dunlin
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