Saturday 24 August 2013

Saturday 24th August

Tom & Jo are back over for a few days again. Coming over on the ferry yesterday they had 9 Manx Shearwater, 2 Fulmar, over 70 Gannet, 24 Shag, 1 Arctic Skua,17 Kiitiwake, 1 Puffling,  over 420 Guillemot including 160 of this year's young, 40 Razorbill and 20 Black Guillemot. Today at Kilnave they had 3 Barwits, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Whinchat, 5 Wheatear, 1 Whitethroat and a mixed flock of  80+ Linnet and 25+ Twite. Up at the old Lobster ponds on Ardnave their count was 85 Ringed Plover, 28 Dunlin, 13 Sanderling, 2 Barwits, 1 Turnstone and 16 Twite. 

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