Sunday, 16th February 2014

The bird of the weekend was a 2CY Iceland Gull found in the late afternoon amongst the vast numbers of Gulls feeding on the starfish wreck.

Large numbers of Gulls feeding on Starfish (above & below)
 
 

Offshore 
63 Eiders, 44 Common Scoters west, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6 Red-throated Divers west, 1 Shag east, 2 Great Crested Grebes west & 1 east, 10 Kittiwakes west, 14 Little Gulls west, 3 Guillemots east, 1 Razorbill west & 1 on the sea and 11 Auk sp. west.

Little Gulls
 
 Kittiwake

Others 
265 Wigeon, 350 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 46 Ringed Plovers, 155 Sanderlings, 2 Purple Sandpipers, 6 Jack Snipes, 38 Snipe, 600 Redshanks, 315 Turnstones, 5 Med. Gulls, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 2CY Iceland Gull, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 1 Water Pipit, 11 Rock Pipits and 14 Twite.
 
 Stonechat
 
 Med Gull

Iceland Gull (slightly obscured - centre)

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