The Lincolnshire Bird Club

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Sea Watch 0715 to 1045 and 1400 to 1630, most of it with JPS. Visibility was pretty grim!! Somewhat disappointing considering!!

Day totals

Gannet No count in morning but afternoon count of 57N and 28S
Sandwich Tern 8N 3S
Common Tern 2N
Arctic Tern 2N 1S
Commic Tern 2S
Sooty Shear 15N
Manx Shear 7N 2S
Shearwater sp 5N
Bonxie 2S
Arctic Skua 1N 2S
Skua sp 7S 2N
Little Gull 8N
Kittiwake 21S
Auk sp 10N
RB Merg 1S
Common Scoter 30 on sea, 22N
Eider 1 drake on sea
Wigeon 15S
Teal 8N 2S
GC Grebe 1 on sea then N
RT Diver 1N 2S

Grey Wag 1S
Lap Bunt 1S (JPS)
Redwing 74S
Brambling 18S
Merlin 1 along beach
Peregrine 1 hunting out at sea
Swallow 2S 3N

A Stoat was at the top of Mill Hill early on

Cheers

Nige

I was in a sheltered site in Mablethorpe from 0750 hrs to 0920 hrs most movement was fairly distant and
unidentified , a few waders , wildfowl and 2 manx shearwaters came by within 800m as did 2 bonxies,
5 skylarks came in low over the large waves.
rather disapointing given the wind .
regards John