A
member of the public called in at the observation tower at Rossall Point this
morning saying that she thought there was an injured Dunlin on the beach. One of the volunteers, Peter, went
to see if he
could find the bird in question, which he did but it was no Dunlin. The bird
turned out to be a stunning adult Puffin!! Unfortunately the bird was exhausted
and soon died.
Puffin
Offshore
1 male Long-tailed Duck, 50 Common Scoters, 2 Goosanders west, 8 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Red-throated Divers west, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Kittiwake west, 45 Little
Gulls over
the sewage outlet late afternoon, 1 Guillemot, 2 Auk sp. west and 1 Puffin on the
beach.
Red-breasted Merganser
Others
1 Whooper Swan, 3 Pintails, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 600 Golden Plovers, 1
Purple Sandpiper, 2 Ruff; very rare in winter here, 53 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Med. Gull, 1
Yellow-legged Gull, 1
Goldcrest, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtails and 12 Twite.
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