Sunday 1 January 2012

1st January, 2012 Beachy Head Overcast SW4

DC & BK did a sea-watch from 08.00-12.30:

Red Throated Diver 107 (91W, 7E & 9 on the sea)
Great Crested Grebe 8 (5W & 3 on the sea)
Fulmar 2 E & 9 W
Gannet 36E & 422W
Brent Geese 12 (4 E & 8 W)
Shelduck 39 W in several small parties.
Wigeon 5 E
Common Scoter 12 on the sea
Curlew 3E & 4W
Pomarine Skua 1 juv. intermediate morph E at 12.03 (Juvenile birds have been recorded in October and November in recent years, but this is our first record for Jan-March).
Great Skua 1 W @ 11.42
Common Gull 400 around Birling
Kittiwake 72 (11 E & 61 W)
Auk sp. 7E & 24W
Guillemot 1E & 2W
Razorbill 85 (64W, 13E & 8 on the sea)
Rock Pipit 2