Saturday 5 September 2020

Saturday 5th September

Some sightings seen down by Frenchman's Rocks today by Peter..

Peter emailed his birds seen down around Frenchman's Rocks today,

"A quick note to let you know I did an hour's seawatch this morning 8 - 9 

am. It was "quantity rather than quality" - but a lot happening and 
being there on my own it was difficult to watch and count the birds 
coming close by and far out to sea at the same time. I think more, in 
terms of numbers and species may have materialised with an extra pair of 
eyes or two. I would have stayed longer, but I was borrowing Pia's car 
(mine still in the garage).
Results: Gannet - c.275 feeding around Frenchman's Rocks - all other 
birds going east: . Fulmar - 41; Manx Shearwater - 705; European Storm 
Petrel - 1; Arctic Skua - 2 dark phase; Great Skua - 5; Auk sp. - 16; 
Kittiwake - 143; Common Scoter - 11 (single group); Brent Goose - 3. 
(Plus the usual resident Shags, but no other gulls except a single 
juvenile/1W Herring Gull."

Meanwhile Jim Dickson had forwarded on this set of birds through from Angus Murray. The actual birds themselves were seen by John Sweeney and as far as I can make out were seen mostly yesterday...

"per John Sweeney a 2 hr afternoon seawatch Frenchman's Rocks. Islay 1 juv. Sabine's gull, 1 Leach's Petrel,  3 Stormies, 450 Manxies, 5 Bonxie, 17 Pb Brent geese, all going south.

In addition he had a Pomarine Skua in a late morning watch past there too"

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