With the brisk onshore winds, attention has turned mainly from the land to the sea with a couple of seawatches over the last couple of days.
A seawatch from East Runton yesterday produced the first Manx Shearwater of the year with a single heading east. Good numbers of Gannets were also moving along with 40 or so distant Auks. A few Fulmars and a couple of Red-throated Divers were also noted passing by.
A seawatch from West Runton today again produced a single Manx passing, with this one heading west. A flock of 10 adult Kittiwakes east were noteworthy and a few Gannets and a steady trickle of presumed Guillemots were also passing by. From memory I think these are the earliest Manxies that I have ever recorded with a few recorded previously during May but these are the first in April that I can remember seeing.
An adult Med Gull flew east over the car park, and what was presumably the same bird was later seen over Cromer carnival field.
Migrant-wise a Lesser Whitethroat was noted at East Runton.
A seawatch from East Runton yesterday produced the first Manx Shearwater of the year with a single heading east. Good numbers of Gannets were also moving along with 40 or so distant Auks. A few Fulmars and a couple of Red-throated Divers were also noted passing by.
A seawatch from West Runton today again produced a single Manx passing, with this one heading west. A flock of 10 adult Kittiwakes east were noteworthy and a few Gannets and a steady trickle of presumed Guillemots were also passing by. From memory I think these are the earliest Manxies that I have ever recorded with a few recorded previously during May but these are the first in April that I can remember seeing.
An adult Med Gull flew east over the car park, and what was presumably the same bird was later seen over Cromer carnival field.
Migrant-wise a Lesser Whitethroat was noted at East Runton.
