Sunday 5 May 2013

5th May 2013 Birling 6am-12 & 5pm-7.45pm W2 Clear

Red-throated Diver 6E
Black-throated Diver 6E
Little Egret 1E, 1W
Shag 2E
Brent 16E
Shelduck 1W
Scoter 488E
Auk sp. 4E
Guillemot 9 on sea
Bonxie 4E
Pomarine Skua 1E pale at 6.45pm
Arctic Skua 15E
Mediterranean Gull 5E
Sandwich Tern 103E
Commic Tern 3,953E (both Arctic & Common Terns identified)
Roseate Tern 2E ex. (9.42am & 9.57am) both lingered fishing offshore for a few minutes before continuing east with flocks of Commics. The second was superbly pink-suffused. Stunning!
Little Tern 53E
Black Tern 9E
Whimbrel 16E, 3W, h
Bar-tailed Godwit 2E, 2W with one attacked by a Peregrine then pursued by Gulls
Swallow 41 in off
Swift 3 in off

Harbour Porpoise 1

Commic Terns passing Birling Gap