A good Northerly blow this weekend and as expected a good few Little Auks and stuff were seen along the East Coast yesterday, I had been thinking of going to Scarborough this morning but a late
report of a Little Auk in the Fish
Quay at Hartlepool prompted me to go there instead on the offchance it may
still be there, it wasn’t, just a few Guillemots
and a Great Crested Grebe although
some Purple Sandpipers and other Waders posed well on the little beach
by the Pilots Pier and a Woodcock
flew in off. I went off and seawatched for the rest of the morning, there was a
steady passage of stuff some of it fairly close, several Red Throated and a single Black
Throated Diver flew North, a few Scoter
were on the move plus masses of Guillemots
and I managed a couple of distant Little
Auks, also a Med Gull was
blogging. After lunch I went back to the Pilots Pier to see if anything had
come in, nothing when I got there but I was informed there had been a report of
a Little Auk some 15-20 mins
earlier, no sign of that but a while later I picked up three birds flying
directly towards the Pier, they unfortunately veered off at the last minute and
carried on straight past but at least I got some good close flight views, a few
more birders joined me and with more eyes several more fly pasts were noted
then I saw a bird fly into the channel on the other side and having landed it
drifted back out some 5 mins later, too far to photograph but we had good scope
views. Finally accepting there was going to be no posers in Hartlepool today I
went off to Seaton Common and ended the day with a couple of Short Eared Owls.
Arriving home and
checking the news and pics on Birdguides I soon realised I should have stuck to
my original plan, oh well nevermind.
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| Waders showing well |
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| particularly Purple Sandpipers |
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| Little Auk flying past |
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| SEO on Seaton Common although little light and distant |
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| Big Bad Moon |
