The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Seabird Saturday

High winds.... Little Auk and Sooty Shearwater recorded off Gib Point this morning.

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Andrew Chick
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Sea Watch from Mill Hill 0800 to 1330

Whooper Swan 4 adults south
Shelduck 4S
Gadwall 3N
Mallard 6N
Shoveler 3N
Eider 1S
Velvet Scoter 1 about
Red-breasted Merganser 1M S
Red-throated Diver 4 (3 on sea and 1S)
Gannet 106 (77N 29S)
Great Crested Grebe 1S
Great Skua 17 (13S 4N)
Guillemot 1N
Kittiwake 1517 all S
Great Black-backed Gull 34 on beach
Goldcrest 1MH
Starling 138 in/off
Fieldfare 1 in/off
Pink-footed Goose 115E
Wigeon 34N
Teal 142N
Pintail 5N (4M 1F)
Tufted Duck 1M N
Common Scoter 183 (159N 24S)
Goldeneye 28N
Goosander 3M N
Sooty Shearwater 2N together
Slavonian Grebe 1 on sea
Pomarine Skua 16S
Little Auk 11 (5S 6N)
Unidentified auk 16 (14N 2S)
Herring Gull 158 beach (at least 6 argentatus)
Merlin 1 around
Waxwing 1 in/off at 1050. Landed in nearby Hawthorn, scoffed 4 berries and resumed inland
Blackbird at least 40 roadside between AA and Decoy on way home

Regards

Nige

A seawatch from Mablethorpe from 07.00 - 15.30 with Chris Atkin produced:

At sea, going north:
8 Little Auk
c. 100 Wigeon
c. 100 Teal
c. 80 Goldeneye
7 Goosander
c. 120 Common Scoter
2 Velvet Scoter
1 Brent Goose
1 Guillemot
1 auk sp.

At sea, going south:
1 Glaucous Gull
5 Bonxie
7 Pomarine Skua (4 + 3)
c. 500 Kittiwake

Other:
Short-eared Owl in off
c. 120 Starling in off
2 Redwing in off
1 Peregrine

Regards,

Josh

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Saturday 21st

I drove down to Huttoft car terrace for an hours sea watching at 3pm. No sooner than I arrived than was subjected to near blizzard conditions! Birds seen include:-

RB Merganser
Teal
Wigeon
Dublin
Sanderling
GBB gull
H gull
BH gull
Common Gull
No auks!

However I had more luck with Whooper swans:-

Family party of 2ad and 3 juvs at Markby
Group of 6ad and 5 juvs at Huttoft Bank.

07:30 - 15:00 Sutton on Sea

Highlights;

First-winter Grey Phalarope north over the beach early afternoon
Little Auk about 15 north and south
Red-necked Grebe 1 on sea early am
Long-tailed Skua 1 adult south
Pomarine Skua 6 south all adults or sub-adults
Bonxie 12+ but several skuas on the edge of visibility all south but one north late afternoon
Red-breasted Merganser 3 north all drakes
Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1 north
Goosander 4 north three adult males
Glaucous Gull juv south
Velvet Scoter 2
Kittiwake 1800+ south and probably a lot more missed well out
Guillemot 4
Goldeneye 80 north
Short-eared Owl 2 different birds in off

At Barton Sunday 22nd
Little Auk 1
Common Scoter 32 and 1
Eider 1 female west
Goldeneye 51
Goosander 1 drake and 1 female west
Pintail 13 west

Sunday 22nd November
LWT Seawatch Anderby Creek (round-round hide)
11.00am - 2.00pm

Little Auk - 6
Guillemot - 3 (incl 1 in shallows)
Gannet - 3
Cormorant - 2
R B Merganser - 3
R T Diver - 1
G C Grebe - 1
Common Scoter - 16
Velvet Scoter - 2
Goldeneye - 2
Tufted Duck - 2
Eider - 5
Shelduck - 4
Brent Goose - 6
Starling - some 100 in off in various sized flocks

Goldcrest 10+ in bushes behind hide and along sea wall
Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard singing behind hide

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George Rutter