Wednesday 9 May 2007

Skua bonanza

Heysham Obs
Seawatch north harbour wall 0730 - 1000 hrs
Arctic skua - one dark and 2 pale at 0800, 1 dark 1 pale at 0947, 1 dark 1 pale at 0955 [7 in total]

Pomarine Skua - Flock of 14 light morph flying into the Bay - found at 0820 and watched until 0826. The view of the single observer (Ray Hobbs) is that these birds were Pomarine Skua e.g. posting on LDBWS site: "In my opinion these were Poms".

Grey geese 10 'in'
Eider male 'out'
Swallow 4
Guillemot 1st S inshore below NHW

Mammals
Grey Seal off north wall