Wednesday 10 December 2014

Ramsey catch up

Some notable records of late:
red kite - 4/12
merlin - single bird daily for past week
Black headed gull - 460 in Ramsey sound yesterday plus 1 common gull
Seabirds - strong auk passage off north end these past few days. Max of 800+/hr on 5/12, 200+/hr today. Kittiwakes have been around the 200+/hr mark most days that any seawatching has been done in past week
Of note today were 5 Manx shearwaters (3 in 1 hour this morning and then 2 in a short half hour stint as sun was setting), also 52 gannet today (46 passed in the early morning hour and then 6 late pm so a conservative estimate of 200-300 could have gone through today - possibly birds of Scandinavian or French origin judging by tracking data publications)
Med gull - 1 adult winter today
Red-throated diver - 2 south today