Offshore
28 Common Scoters west, 3 Manx Shearwaters west, 7 Gannets
and 8 Sandwich Terns.
Others
1
Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plovers, 22 Lapwings, 31 Curlews, 1
Turnstone and 2 Stock Doves.
Reed Warbler
Saturday, 24th June 2017
Offshore
35
Common Scoters west, 6 Gannets, 7 Sandwich Terns and
1 Common Tern.
Others
1
Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plovers, 30 Lapwings, 37 Curlews, 11 Knots,
4 Redshanks and 2 Stock Doves.
Atlantic Grey Seal
Friday, 23rd June 2017
Offshore
16 Common Scoters west, 8 Manx Shearwaters west, 13 Gannets west
and 6 Sandwich Terns.
Sandwich Tern
Others:
1 Little
Egret, 3 Ringed Plovers, 35 Lapwings, 33 Curlews, 8 Knots and 25
House Martins.
Thursday, 22nd June 2017
Offshore
23
Common Scoters west, 13 Manx Shearwaters west, 8
Gannets, 15 Sandwich Terns and 1 Common Tern.
Others
2 Little Egrets, 4 Ringed Plovers, 29 Lapwings, 42
Curlews, 2
Turnstones and 2 Stock Doves.
Little Grebes
Wednesday, 21st June 2017
Offshore
11
Common Scoters west, 5 Gannets, 1 Great Crested Grebe
east, 1 Guillemot east and 7 Sandwich Terns.
Others
1 Little
Egret, 3 Ringed Plovers, 16 Lapwings, 22 Curlews and
1 Turnstone.
Greenfinch
Tuesday, 20th June 2017
Offshore
8 Common Scoters east, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers east, 9 Manx Shearwaters east, 4 Gannets, 3 Guillemots east
and 12 Sandwich Terns. Also 2 Harbour Porpoises.
Visible Migration
1 Siskin east.
Others
2 Little Egrets, 3 Ringed Plovers, 7 Lapwings and 16 Curlews.
Little Egret
Monday, 19th June 2017
Offshore
46 Common
Scoters west, 12 Gannets, 1 Little Tern west and 30
Sandwich Terns. Also 5 Bottle-nosed Dolphins, 3 Harbour Porpoises and 3
Atlantic Grey Seals.
Gannets
Visible
Migration
2 Grey Herons high north-east.
Others
3 Ringed
Plovers and 1 Grey Wagtail.
Sunday, 18th June 2017
Offshore
40 Common
Scoters east, 8 Gannets and 23 Sandwich Terns.
Visible
Migration
2 Curlews west.
Others
4 Ringed
Plovers, 3 Turnstones, 1 Stock Dove and 1 Grey Wagtail.
Ringing
Two 3J Cetti's
Warblers, 4 Reed Warblers, 1 Blackbird and 5
Goldfinch.
Cetti's Warbler
Saturday, 17th June 2017
The lack of recent postings is due to the fact that IG and SE have been away from the Obs.
Offshore
15
Shelducks east, 19 Common Scoters west, 4 Manx Shearwaters east, 11 Gannets west and 6 Sandwich Terns.
Visible
Migration
1 Little Egret west offshore and 6 Curlews west.
Others
4 Ringed
Plovers and 5 Turnstones.
Turnstone
Ringing
1 Sedge Warbler and 2 Reed Warblers.
Thursday, 8th June 2017
Offshore
14 Common Scoters west, 3 Manx Shearwaters west, 9 Gannets
west, 1 Great Crested Grebe west and 2 Sandwich Terns west.
Others
4 Ringed Plovers, 3 Turnstones and 7 Sanderlings.
Sanderlings
Wednesday, 7th June 2017
Offshore
12 Common Scoters west, 6 Fulmars west, 19 Manx Shearwaters
west, 96 Gannets west, 1 Great Crested Grebe west, 1 Arctic
Skua west, 2 Guillemots west, 3 Sandwich Terns west and 3
Kittiwakes west.
Others
6
Turnstones and 19 Sanderlings.
Turnstone
Tuesday, 6th June 2017
Unseasonally gales
force winds and heavy rain produced some good seawatching
today. The highlight was a very close in Sooty Shearwater which flew slowly west along the promenade at 10:38. It came so
close IG lost it behind the Marine Lake embankment !
Offshore
27
Common Scoters west, 11 Fulmar west, 86 Manx Shearwaters
west, 1 Sooty Shearwater west, 164 Gannets west, 1
Arctic Skua west, 1 Great Skua west, 1 Guillemot west, 10 Sandwich
Tern west and 8 Kittiwakes west.
Monday, 5th June 2017
Offshore
6 Common Scoters west, 2 Gannets west and 3 Sandwich Terns.
Others
4
Ringed Plovers and 3 Sanderlings.
House Martin
Sunday, 4th June 2017
Offshore
16 Common Scoters west, 22 Manx Shearwaters west, 12
Gannets, 4 Guillemots west, 9 Sandwich Terns and 1 Kittiwake west.
Visible
Migration
9 Canada Geese east.
Others
1
Little Egret, 5 Ringed Plovers, 11 Curlews, 11 Sanderlings and 40
Swifts.
Swift
Saturday, 3rd June 2017
Offshore
36 Common Scoters west, 6 Manx Shearwaters west, 15 Gannets, 3 Guillemots east and 8 Sandwich Terns.
Visible
Migration:
21 Canada Geese east and 1 Redpoll east.
Canada Geese
Others
6
Ringed Plovers, 17 Sanderlings, 25 Swifts, 40 House Martins
and 1 Grey Wagtail.
Friday, 2nd June 2017
Offshore
3 Eiders, 30 Common Scoters west, 6 Gannets, 1 Common Tern and 7
Sandwich Terns.
Others
1
Little Egret, 5 Ringed Plovers, 1 Turnstone, 13 Sanderlings and 2
Dunlins.
Blackbird
Painted Lady
Thursday, 1st June 2017
Offshore
68 Common Scoters east, 14 Manx Shearwaters west, 25 Gannets,
1 Guillemot west and 8 Sandwich Terns.
Visible
Migration
105 Canada Geese north-east.
Canada Geese
Others
6 Ringed Plovers, 1 Turnstone, 18 Sanderlings and 2
Dunlins.
Wednesday, 31st May 2017
Offshore:
5 Eiders, 400 Common Scoters - distant raft on the sea,2 Manx Shearwaters west, 6 Gannets, 2 Guillemots west and 6 Sandwich Terns.
Eiders
Visible Migration
3 Swallows north.
Others
1 Little Egret, 9 Ringed Plovers, 9 Curlews, 2 Turnstones, 50 Sanderlings and
7 Dunlins.
Tuesday, 30th May 2017
Offshore
40 Common Scoters west, 3 Manx Shearwaters west, 4
Gannets, 1 Guillemot west, 9 Sandwich Terns and 1 Common Tern.
Others
37 Ringed Plovers, 3 Turnstones, 100 Sanderlings and 40
Dunlins.
Reed Bunting
Monday, 29th May 2017
Offshore
17 Common Scoters west, 3 Gannets, 1 Arctic Skua east
and 6 Sandwich Terns.
Visible
Migration:
2 Swallows north-east.
Others
51 Ringed Plovers, 4 Turnstones, 115 Sanderlings and 55
Dunlins.
hedgehog
Sunday, 28th May 2017
Offshore
14 Common Scoters west, 8 Manx Shearwaters west, 9
Gannets west, 1 Guillemot west and 7 Sandwich Terns.
Others
1 Little Egret, 62 Ringed Plovers, 6 Turnstones, 180 Sanderlings
and 80 Dunlins.
Dunlin
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