Tuesday 7 May 2013

All quiet on the migrant front

Another sea watch 06.15-10.15 when passage had dried up:
Red-throated Diver: 3E
Common Scoter: c200E
Bar-tailed Godwit: c250E
Whimbrel: 5+E
Knot: 4+E
Sanderling:15+E
Greenshank: 1 in
Little Gull: 1E
Mediterranean Gull: 2 off shore
Little Tern: 39E
Commic Tern: c300E
Arctic Skua: 5E
Great Skua: 1E
Pomarine Skua: 9E (3+2+4 singles all between 06.45-08.25)

Another watch from 13.15-15.00 was bird less, though the 15+ Harbour Porpoises helped to entertain those watching. The land was devoid of birds, even the local breeders were very quiet. At Scotney the Long-tailed Duck and a Wood Sandpiper were reported, but all I saw was a Wheatear, 7 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Redshank. Things were that quiet I did not point my camera at anything.

No comments:

Post a Comment