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Wednesday 18 April 2012

100+ Bonxies!!!!! 18/4/12

A further seawatch with Mick Davis from 9.15-12.00 produced a huge amount of Bonxies with another 85 moving east totalling 110 for the whole morning.Most Skuas were passing very close inshore.

Totals for the early stint are further down the page. Totals for the mid-morning stint are:

Great Skua - 85
Arctic Skua - 20 (including half pale phase)
Commic Tern - 821
Arctic Tern - 12
Sandwich Tern - 20
Black-throated Diver - 3
Red-throated Diver - 6
Little Gull - 30
Common Scoter - 23
Brent Geese - 31
Whimbrel - 1

pale phase Arctic Skua past Splash Point
Great Skua past Splash Point.