Monday, October 10, 2011

Bridlington boat trip 9/10/11

had a brilliant day's birding on the skua/shearwater RSPB boat trip from Bridlinton. The highlights were awesome views of a pomarine skua as it hovered over the boat and a great skua. Also saw mediterranean gull (thanks for the pics Dave!), little gull plenty of red throated divers, common scoter and bried views of an arctic skua

                                                           GREAT SKUA

                                                          POMARINE SKUA


                                                   MEDITERRANEAN GULL





Also saw purple sandpiper in the harbour. Then went onto Spurn where had good views of artic skua from the sea watching hide, shorteared owl and grey plover. Overall myself and Dave Evans saw 58 species