Monday 19 September 2011

Bridges of Ross 19th Sept 2011

Time: 07:25-10:25
Weather: F3-4 W-NW, warm with heavy mist & poor visibility.
Observer(s): Niall T. Keogh & Noel Keogh.

Sooty Shearwater: 2
Storm Petrel: 20
Grey Phalarope: 8
Great Skua (Bonxie): 11
Arctic Skua: 9
Long-tailed Skua: 4 (1 adult & 3 juveniles) 
Sabine's Gull: 49 (13 adults & 36 juveniles)
Little Gull: 2 juv/1st-w
Black Tern: 2 juvs
Sandwich Tern: 23
Arctic Tern: 75
Puffin: 2
Common Scoter: 12
Red-throated Diver: 3
Bar-tailed Godwit: 3

Heavy mist made viewing extremely difficult beyond a few hundred meters. Thankfully most of the skuas & Sab's were in close!

Well folks, that's it from me at The Bridges of Ross for another year. Roll on 2012 and the long-awaited Albatross!!!

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