The Lincolnshire Bird Club

3 whibrel south 140711, 58 sandwhich terns on beach 150711. regards John.

190711
RT diver 2 n, guillemot 1 on sea, sandwhich tern c 160 most fishing, com tern 5 on beach,
sanderling 67, dunlin 58, curlew 9, oystercatcher 14 s, BH gull c450.
Red kite 1 s over dunes, morning 1807 per Cliff Morrison. regards John.

210711, 0600 to 0630hrs, n to nne f5, cloudy patchy drizzle,
c 170 terns fishing moving north mostly sandwhich, 2 arctic skuas mobbing and 3 dark phase 1 pale phase resting on beach, total 18 gannets n, c 75 common scoter n 17 teal and 2 wigeon n
5 shelduck n 2 guillybills n, total 32 oystercatchers s. regards John.

all out from Rimac
120+ Sandwich Terns very high % of fledged juvs nice to see,
3 Arctic Terns on beach,
11 Common terns including 2 fledged juvs,
juvenile Med Gull on beach
2 Guillemot north,
110 Sanderling this am

290711 0630 to 0700 hrs, common scoter c340 and at least 1 velvet ,also 2 pp arctic skuas,
c420 herring gulls and 350 bhgulls roosting , c 60 sandwhich, 13 common 2 arctic terns on beach,
regards John.

spent a windy but dry and mostly cloudy 8 hours on the beach from 10:00 - 18:00

Herring Gull 1500+
Sanderling 90
Greenshank 1
Eider 4 females north
Common Scoter 300+
Sandwich Tern about 90 or so during the day
Little Tern 5 north with 2 juveniles and 2 adults south later
Little Gull just 1 adult north
Guillemot 10+ some with chicks and one being eaten by a GBBG
Common Tern c50
Arctic Tern minimum of 200 during the day mostly fishing and drifting north but up to 25 on the beach at any one time with at least 30 juveniles seen -- for Arctic Terns to outnumber Commons by such a large proportion is most unusual but the fishing must be good for them and they seem to have fledged young early this year
Arctic Skua 10+ including a flock of 6 that flew inland over the saltmarsh and then indulged in a long bout of chase and play before returning to the sea -- odd birds sitting on the beach but usually amongst the large flocks of Herring Gulls so approach was impossible
Pomarine Skua 1 3cy seemed to be the same bird seen three times during the day but have not checked all my photos yet
Kittiwake 70+ with a peak of 57 on the beach at any one time and a single 2cy colour ringed bird seen -- a few juveniles over the sea -- from the CR web site looks like this was a bird ringed at the colony in Lowestoft Suffolk
[color=#4000BF]a quick reply from Colin Carter re the colour ringed Kitt see below
Thank you for your report of a colour-ringed Kittiwake Orange DH. This bird
was ringed as a pullus (chick) at Lowestoft Harbour on 28 June 2010. There
is a small colony there which nests on an artificial wall originally built
in mitigation of harbour demolitions. The colony is a remnant of large
numbers which used to nest in Lowestoft in the heyday of fishing and is now
the most Easterly colony in the UK.

We have been ringing the chicks for 7 years but only started colour-ringing
them in 2010. Apart from your record we had one sighting in September 2010
off the Island of Sylt, N Germany/color]
BUT nothing else moving on the sea not a shearwater or storm petrel or anything apart from about 20 Gannets blogging

The Arctic Terns that I've had passing Chapel Pt this week have ALL been heading north - no Juvs seen yet. And very few Commons so far.
There have also been up to 13 Guillemots on the sea - all adults.

At least 200 arctic terns at Gib this evening - many passing north and fishing offshore.

At one time, 95 were visible in a single scan of the sea. At least 5 juvs involved. A line of feeding terns c1500 metres offshore were also probably arctics - another 60 birds minimum.

I have never seen arctic terns in such numbers or feeding offshore like this previously.

Several small flocks of common terns - amounted to about 45 approx.

A good start to a series of monthly seawatching events July to September.

Cheers

Kev

300711, 0610 to 0645 hrs, also to add to GCs obs lbb gull 9, med gull 1 on beach c 600 bh gulls
and 2 pom skuas, both similar to the photo by Graham, large raft of scoter but high tide and onshore wind so very choppy water making viewing difficult and as per GC nothing much moving at sea other than a few gannets. regards John.

several more Pom and Arctic Skua photos from yesterday on my blog now
http://pewit.blogspot.com/

30 07 11 1830 hrs a resting flock of c 700 mixed gulls terns kittiwakes included
a fine adult yellow legged gull all took flight when 2 trail bikes came roaring along the beach,
(********) also 2 calling little ringed plovers flew over. regards John.