Birds fae Torry (3 Viewers)

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Have been around the headland the past couple of evenings. Yesterday (16th), things were fairly quiet. 30 Purple Sandpipers were in Greyhope Bay and offshore there was an Arctic Skua and a couple of Puffins. Others saw more however.

This evening featured 27 Purple Sandpipers, with offshore passage including an Arctic Skua, a Bonxie, a Manx Shearwater, eight Common Scoters, four Puffins and at least 85 Common Gulls (all 2nd calendar years).

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

A mostly overcast, slightly misty day, which was warm earlier but a cool NE wind arrived later. I had a good look around but things were fairly low-key. At St Fittick's, there were reasonable numbers of warblers singing, with a couple of Whitethroats probably new arrivals. Black Guillemot was again in Nigg Bay. A Dunlin and 29 Purple Sandpipers were in Greyhope Bay. There seems to be a new Sand Martin colony at the landslip between there and the foghorn.

In the evening, I went for a seawatch. A reasonable amount was moving, including 30 Puffins, three Arctic Skuas, five Common Scoters, and two Manx Shearwaters. The best bird was a Bar-tailed Godwit going north.