After
the overnight hurricane strength winds all eyes were on the sea today. There was
a good passage of birds moving west out of the bay from first light. The winds
peaked at 94 mph at 1910
last night and were averaging around 73 mph; this caused much structural damage around
the peninsular.
Offshore
7 Wigeons west, 5 Teal west, 362 Common Scoters west, 18 Red-breasted
Mergansers west, 31 Red-throated Divers west, 2 Fulmars west, 1 2CY Shag, 1 Great Skua loitering
offshore, 91
Kittiwakes west, 156 Little Gulls west, 4 Guillemots west & 1 on the sea, 3
Razorbills west & 2
on the sea and 24 Auk sp. west.
Wigeons
Little Gulls
Others
2 Goldeneyes, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Peregrine, 185 Grey Plovers, 1,500
Knot, 175
Sanderlings, 3 Purple Sandpipers, 600 Dunlins, 200 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Med.
Gulls, 1 Yellow-legged
Gull and 1 Stonechat.
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