"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Wednesday 5 November 2014

When the North wind blows..........


Great sea watching at Holme today, if a little chilly. Highlights were 21 Little Auks, a great passage of Pom Skua, loads of Kittiwake, plus Sooty & Manx Sheawater. very happy despite missing a Leach's Petrel & a Long-tailed Skua!! Mine & Robin Joliffe totals below:-

Totals West

17 Red-throated Diver
1 Great Northern Diver
6 Great crested grebe
1 Sooty Sheawater
1 Manx Shearwater
324 Gannet
56 Brent Geese
55 Shelduck
192 Wigeon
12 Teal
1 Mallard
4 Gadwall
0 Shoveler
99 Eider
0 Common Scoter*
1 Velvet Scoter
3 Goldeneye
10 Red-breasted Merganser
0 Merlin
23 Pomarine Skua
4 Arctic Skua
32 Great Skua
1 skua sp.
41 Little Gull
0 Black-headed Gull
0 Common Gull
10 Fulmar
695 Kittiwake
3 Sandwich Tern
1 Guillemot
4 Razorbill
21 Little Auk
8 auk sp.
1 Short-eared Owl*
1 Eared Owl sp.

Totals East

10 Red-throated Diver
1 Great Northern Diver
3 Great crested grebe
0 Sooty Sheawater
0 Manx Shearwater
100 Gannet
2 Brent Geese
3 Shelduck
3 Wigeon
0 Teal
0 Mallard
0 Gadwall
0 Shoveler
8 Eider
0 Common Scoter*
1 Velvet Scoter
0 Goldeneye
0 Red-breasted Merganser
0 Merlin
0 Pomarine Skua
0 Arctic Skua
2 Great Skua
0 skua sp.
5 Little Gull
0 Black-headed Gull
0 Common Gull
0 Fulmar
50 Kittiwake
0 Sandwich Tern
0 Guillemot
0 Razorbill
0 Little Auk
0 auk sp.
0 Short-eared Owl*
0 Eared Owl sp.


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