21st October – A Day off on Patch
| A nice day of migration watching for me on a day off. Mainly out over the sea. Dark-bellied Brent Goose 378 West Eider 51 – West Little Auk 2 West Short-eared Owl 1 present and flushed from long grass, flew South West Snow Bunting 1 – Red-throated Diver 4 West 1 East Great Skua 1 – East Gannet 534 – East Common Scoter 143 – West Curlew 5 West Guillemot 32 West Wigeon 143 – West Kittiwake – 15 West Razorbill 33 – West Pintail 1 – West Black-headed Gull 183 – West Razorbill/Guillemot 2614 – East Teal 10 West 5 East Little Gull 1 West 13 East Skylark * 4 – In off the sea Tufted Duck 1 – West Mediterranean Gull 2 – West Brambling 3 – West Common Gull 110 – redpoll sp. 1 – Common/Arctic Tern 1 – |
Present:- Curlew 20, Woodcock 1, Peregrine 1, Chiffchaff 7, Goldcrest 10, |
