The Lincolnshire Bird Club

With hefty nor westerlies blowing birds into the North Sea I thought it might be worth a look at the Sea this evening.
Not really except for a steady passage of Terns south.
Comic Tern - 300+
Common Tern - 20
Arctic Tern - 24
They were mostly passing in groups of 20-40 and too distant for positive ID. However, those close enough to ID showed a mix of Arctic and Common.
Sandwich Tern - 35
Gannet - 3
Nothing else!!

I was watching the sea from Millenium Ridge at Gib from 1830 until dark and had similar. Many were fairly close as they came in to roost on the estuary. I counted 1600 Sandwich, 294 Common, 34 Arctic, 148 Commic, 44 Little Tern and 3 "probable" Roseates, their ID not 100% as they were in bright sun and a bit too distant. The sea was otherwise quiet with only 8 Gannet north and a Grey Heron south. A big juvenile Peregrine caused chaos for 10 minutes.

Regards

Nige

So where did you see all your terns from Ed

Ah - good point Chris! Chapel Point - 16:15 to 17:45. My usual Sea Watching spot.

Millenium Ridge at Gib again, 090816, 1830 to dark and similar numbers.
346 Common, 31 Arctic and 96 Commic Tern south as well as (2000) Sandwich tern to roost.
2 Gannet and 8 Arctic Skua south otherwise sea still pdq

Regards

Nige

All on Birdtrack btw

On the subject of terns, what's this year's Lincs Coast tally for breeding littles?