Neill Hunt, Tropical and Mike Stocker headed east yesterday for a full Yorkshire clean up....I'll let Trops take things up from here.....
"Hi John,
Neill, Mike and my good self did a mop up tour of western Yorkshire today. Got the target bird of Pacific Loon by 10am and went on to succesfully chase up American Robin (above), Firecrest, Shorelark and also found our own Red Kite, Kingfisher and unrung Ringed Teal!!!!!!.
This had recently been mis i.ded as a Mandarin, and back in time to cook up a stonking shepherds pie for my good lady before 6pm.
Life is good......................when ya don't dip."
And that's how you do it.
When winter birding is good, it is very good.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies....
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Seawatch at Formby Point today between 8.30am and noon:
Red Throated Diver - 57
Great Crested Grebes - 66
Common Scoter - 650
Razorbills - 2
Guillemot - 1
Harbour Porpoise - 2
Another winner from the Barry McCarthy seawatching stable!
Nice one Bazzo!
Have reported Barry's porpoises to SeaWatch Foundation, hope you don't mind. Will be looking for same off Blackpool Prom at lunchtime today. Please let me know of any sightings from Mersey mouth - wirral coast.
Best wishes - Dave
Seawatch today at Formby Point (8.10am to 10.10am):
Red Throated Diver 170
Black Throated Diver 3
Great Northern Diver 2
Long Tailed Duck 2
Guillemot 3
Razorbill 2
RB Mergs 10
Majority of Red Throated Divers were heading south west into Liverpool Bay.
Wow! Hugely impressive diver passage Derek, thanks for the info!
PS For those who drive into the Squirrel Reserve at Victoria Rd, Freshfield, to go seawatching, there is now a big gate barring the way early morning to stop scrotey types stealing trees and squirrels and driving off-road in a cavalier fashion.
Few years in Botany Bay would straighten the rapscallions out, that's what I say.
Anyway it means you can't drive down to the car park at the bottom early in the day, which is a right royal pain if you fancy an a.m. seawatch.
MEMO TO SCROTES: If you must behave like mentally challenged rock apes, do it somewhere else.
Nothing like Dereks sightings off Blackpool this lunchtime - and no porpoises either, have they gone further south?
Could be Dave, or they might just be out in the bay, there's been good numbers of red throats out there all week.