Thursday, 21 April 2011

21st April, 2011. Beachy Head. Part cloudy, warm, some sea-mist. E. 1-2

Doreen & myself did a sea-watch from 06.20-09.50 and were joined by RKH & PN. We only did
a few sites on the Headland but very few land migrants were seen:

Red Throated Diver 3 (2 E & 1 on sea).
Manx Shearwater 1 E
Gannet 35 E
Grey Heron 1 W off Birling.
Common Scoter 181 E
Whimbrel 55 E
Curlew 4 E
Pomarine Skua 2 E (1 Juv landed on sea & then departed E @ 07.50 & 1 fine l/p ad close in at 09.10).
Arctic Skua 7 E
Bonxie 1 E
Mediterranean Gull 6 E
Little Gull 2 E
Black Headed Gull 40 E
Sandwich Tern 55 E
Commic Tern 40 E
Little Tern 1 E
Auk Sp. 1 E
Swallow 4 in off the sea
Wheatear 1
Common Whitethroat 8

Bottle Nosed Dolphin type 1 off Birling.

An evening seawatch from 5.15pm - 8pm in E2 produced:

Great Black-backed Gull 47E
Little Gull 23E ex.
Arctic Skua 1E
Skua sp. 1E at 5.35 very distant Pom/Arctic
Sandwich Tern 21E
Commic Tern 93E
Whimbrel 22E
Bar-tailed Godwit 25E
Swallow 3 in off
Sand Martin 1 in off
Seal 1
Cetacean sp. 1