Great Shearwater at Steart/Burnham Wed 15th Nov

 
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Phillip Edwards
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15 November 2023 19:07
 

Apologies for late posting but life sort of got in the way.

This morning at Steart NNR (Tower and End Hides) 07.00-10.30:

Great Shearwater, 1 - picked up by the boys on the Burnham side and relayed to Dick Best, Roger Musgrove and myself at Steart (thanks all), swimming and later making short flights largely close to the mouth of the R. Brue, finally seen drifting downstream behind Stert Island on the ebb tide.

Also:
Leach’s Petrel, 1
Arctic Skua, 1 imm dark phase
Kittiwake, c. 25
Marsh Harrier, 1 f.
Peregrine, 1 m.
Grey Plover, c.30  
Curlew, c.25  
Knot, 1,000  
Dunlin, c.8,000
Oystercatcher, c.20  
Redshank, c.150
Shoveler, 2 m, 2 f.
Gadwall, 2 m, 1 f.
Wigeon, c.300  
Teal, c.30  
Little Grebe, 1  
Cormorant, 14  
Cetti’s Warbler, 1  
Song Thrush, 2 (notable since not common our way)