A wind-less, cloudy morning saw the north end of the Island visited and after the storms of the previous day there were plenty of sea-birds exiting the north sea and passing by the sea-watch hide. An hour long sample count saw 374
Kittiwakes, 170
Fulmars, 75
Auk sp and 2
Red-throated Divers moving west. A juvenile
Glaucous Gull showed well on the shore at Garso and a single
Pink-footed Goose was with
Greylags in the fields nearby. A
Kestrel was seen again (present throughout January), as was a
Snow Bunting and an impressive 155
Twite had built up in the Observatory crop fields.
Glaucous Gull
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