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| Author: | Graham Catley [ Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | November 5th coastal seabird reports |
starting the ball rolling perhaps we could just add locality counts to this post; Sutton-on-Sea 08:00 - 12:30 watching with scope -- from 13:00 standing on waters edge hoping for close Little Auks so only close birds logged; Little Auk 62 -- one came up the beach and then flew past my shoulder missing me by about 4 feet; another in off high with a flock of Starlings; no party bigger than 6 birds; a few ditching in the surf and being swamped by the breakers Bonxie 36 south Pomarine Skua 19 south including one adult with full spoons Kittiwake 680+ south Little Gull 10 Red-throated Diver 17 Great Northern Diver one north Eider 7 south 5 north Common Scoter 140+ Gannet 80+ south Red-breasted Merganser 3 north Short-eared Owl one in off the sea dropped on the first bit of beach Merlin 1 south notably no Purple Sands amongst the small number of Dunlin heading north |
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| Author: | Richard Doan [ Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: November 5th coastal seabird reports |
Highlights from a dawn till dusk sea-watch at Gib today: LITTLE AUK 94 (12S, 82N) Kittiwake 897 (551S, 346N) Gannet 367 (78S, 289N) POMARINE SKUA 14 (11S single flock late morning, 3N) Great Skua 8 S (another 2 blogging about in The Wash) Arctic Skua 1 S Sooty Shearwater 2 N Little Gull 8 N GREAT-NORTHERN DIVER 2 S Goosander 6 S Red-breasted Merganser 3 S Velvet Scoter 4 N Auk Sp 18 N Whooper Swan 14 S Teal 231 S Wigeon 90 (62S) Common Scoter 100 Great Crested Grebe 8 S Goldeneye 3 N Starling 1189 'in off' Manx Shearwater 1 N 'small' Skua Sp 3N out of The Wash Short-eared Owl 1 'in off' YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER 1 trapped at the bird observatory mid-morning (G.Gregory) Cheers, Richard |
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| Author: | Geoff Williams [ Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: November 5th coastal seabird reports |
After seeing reports of Little Auks along the east coast I went down to Saltfleet Haven for the afternoon high tide. 1 Little Auk landed on the haven for 5 minutes before flying off. 5 Eiders flew south, a Short-eared Owl landed on the seaward side of the marsh and on the ponds were 1 Goldeneye and a Kingfisher. Geoff |
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| Author: | Stephen Lorand [ Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: November 5th coastal seabird reports |
At Donna Nook. A one hour watch from the dunes from 1005. Due to the bombing range, the watch was over quite a distance. Moving north were 2 Little Auks, 2 Little Gulls, 2 Gannets and 5 Eiders. To the south were 16 Gannets, 3 Fulmars, 57 Kittiwakes, 5 Arctic Skuas, 2 Great Skuas, Pomarine Skua, 6 skuas sp., 5 auks sp., 4 Common Scoters, Eider, Teal and 3 Red-throated Divers. A tired-looking Short-eared Owl was flushed from the edge of the dunes. 40 Whooper Swans and 2 Taiga Bean Geese on the fields. |
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| Author: | Graham Catley [ Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: November 5th coastal seabird reports |
On the Humber off Barton this morning at least 72 Little Auks but at least 2 taken by the local Peregrine pair and possibly others went that way. 4 female Goosander west, one Dark bellied Brent, 1 juv Gannet, 159 Teal and 100 Wigeon. Had a report this afternoon of a Hoopoe on Waters Edge but not had chance to look for it yet: the last Barton bird was also there late Oct to Nov 2nd 1999 |
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