The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Watching in very poor conditions from 08:30 - 12:00. Couldn't take notes so rough numbers.
Bonxie - 200+
Arctic Skua - 70+
Pom Skua - 30+
Skua Sp - 20+
Gannet - 20+
Sooty Shearwater - 6
Manx Shearwater - 3
Arctic Tern - 3
Commic Tern - 7
Sandwich Tern - 9
Fulmar - 1
Kittiwake - 40+

Had another look from 14:30 - 16:30 this afternoon:

Sabines Gull - 2 with a group of 10 Comic Terns
Manx Shearwater - 1
Bonxie - 11
Arctic Skua - 13
Pom Skua - 5
Gannet - 40+

plus a few Teal,Wigeon and C Scoters.

Thought you might be watching from there Ed!!
Again, surprising the difference in sightings just a few miles apart!!
Following seen from Gib today

Peregrine 1 (in off)
Merlin 1
G G Grebe 1N
Wigeon 21S 14N
Pintail 3N
Teal 12N 25S
Common Scoter 41N
Pinkfeet 19S
Brent Goose 2S
R T Diver 6N 2S
Snipe 7 (in off)
Whimbrel 2S
Common Tern 24N (mostly juvs)
Arctic Tern 2N
Sandwich Tern 22N
Little Tern 2N
Kittiwake 22N
Manx Shearwater 3N
Sooty Shearwater 2N
Bonxie 4N 9S
Arctic Skua 38S 14N
Pom Skua 3S 1N. Had a flock of 11 Skuas moving south and got on to the 1st bird which was a juv Pom. Visibility was that bad that I couldnt locate the remainder!
Skua sp 9
Long Tailed Skua 2N (last 2 birds of the day at 1750!)

Regards

Nige

Yes the difference is interesting Nige - we've had it before.
I know that 200+ Bonxies had passed N Norfolk by lunchtime - so they're not entering the Wash. A seawatch at Frieston tomorrow morning might be interesting.
Most of the Poms were Juvs and largest group of Bonxies was 22.

I was at Mablethorpe from 0915 to 1300 hrs joined by Nick Tribe at 1045 hrs .
As Edmund states it was difficut watching conditions with the frequent squalls howling through on northerlies gusting to 50 mph.
About half th c 200 skuas we saw were distant and difficult to id but recorded 1 flock of 17 poms several groups of 5 to 8 bonxies
and about 40 arctics and 1 long tailed, also a probable sabines struggling low and northwards several flocks of teal wigeon and 8 pintail, but didn,t see any shearwaters !, gannets started moving southwards about 1100 hrs. ( often a 30x scope was to much 20x would have been better but didn,t have one) Took time out at 1200 to 1230 for tea and a plate of chips as temperature was about 11oc and a serious windchill. regards John.