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Sunday, 22 April 2012

Exmouth

Orcombe Point - 0620 - 0800 and 1510 - 1700 - 14+ common scoter, 22+ sandwich tern, 30+ manx shearwater, 1+ razorbill, 7+ fulmar, 4 great northern diver, 2 little tern and 1+ arctic skua. Also 55+ whimbrel, 16+ bar-tailed godwit, c30+ wader sp and 1 turnstone. Additionally 1+ siskin and 1 sand martin with a trickle of linnets and goldfinches through.
The last couple of days have been very quiet but yesterday 1 tree pipit over and Friday a single crossbill over. Of note there were at least 170 kittiwake on their Sandy Bay nest ledges on Friday.