Wednesday 25 April 2012

25th April, 2012 Beachy Head. Rain becoming sunny & showers SE 4-7

WE joined RHC for a sea-watch from 10.30-18.00 hrs and DC and BK took over until: 20.30 hrs

Red Throated Diver 7 E
Black Throated Diver 27 E all virtually in summer plumage
Great Crested Grebe 1 E
Manx Shearwater 18 E
Gannet Approx. 650 E
Brent Goose 1 E
Teal 10 E
Common Scoter 103 E
Red Breasted Merganser 3 E
Ringed Plover 2 E
Grey Plover 10 E
Bar Tailed Godwit 21 E
Whimbrel 6 E
Curlew 4 E
Pomarine Skua 1 E
Arctic Skua 153 E (Beachy day record was 99)
Bonxie 133 E (Sussex day record was 110)
Common Gull 14 E
Mediterranean Gull 4 E (All 1st W)
Little Gull 27 E
Kittiwake Approx. 350 E
Sandwich Tern 278 E
Commic Tern 1,374 E
Little Tern 42 E (1 killed by an Arctic Skua and then robbed by a G.B.B. Gull)
Guillemot 3 E
Auk Sp. 2 E
Swift 1 in off the sea (first for the year)