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24th may
2008
5h
observation - 1 Obirder ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(29 species => 593 Birds)
Weather
CGN : ENE3 => NE 4bft
- sun
- Visibility 8 km => < 4km
It's seems to be the end of the
season... few bird to be notice today with poor winds conditions.
14th
may 2008
7h
observation - 1 birder ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(48 Species => 10 402 Birds)
Weather
CGN : NNE4 - Cloudy
- Visibility 5 km
Lots of birds today and 3 new
records for the spot with good NNE winds conditions. Some divers
with 16 Red-throated
Divers and 44 Black-throated Divers.
Few ducks except scoters with 911 Common Scoters and 4
Velvet Scoters. Important movements for waders with 46
Oystercatchers, 2 Avocets, 49 Ringed Plovers, 329 Grey Plovers, 943
Knots, 110 Sanderlings, 26 Dunlins,
1 120 Bar-tailed
Godwits, 76
Whimbrels, 3 Curlew, 12 Redshanks, 2 Common Sandpipers and 33
Turnstones (new spring record). Good movements for skuas
with good winds, 8 Pomarines Skuas (new
spring record), 13
Arctic Skuas and 1 Great Skua. Very good numbers for
terns with 234 Sandwich Terns,
5 741 Common Terns,
80 Arctic Terns, 91 Little Terns, 172
Black Terns (new spring record) and 1 White-winged Black Tern.
12th
may 2008
6h05
observation - 4 birders ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(44 Species => 4 146 Birds)
Weather
CGN : ENE3 - Sun
- Visibility 5 km
Slowly, winds becomes better for the
spot ! Few divers with 5 Red-throated
Divers and 14 Black-throated Divers. Significative movements for Gannets
(633 ind). Good numbers for Scoters with 613
Common and 4 Velvet Scoters. 1st important
migration for waders with 53 Oystercatchers, 51
Ringed Plovers, 161 Grey Plovers, 1
170 Knots (new spot record for spring),
187 Sanderlings, 3 Curlew Sandpipers,
102 Dunlins, 66 Bar-tailed Godwits, 97 Whimbrels, 1 Redshank, 1 Common
Sandpiper and 6
Turnstones. Some skuas with 7
Arctics Skuas. Poor movements for gulls and terns with 5
Mediterranean Gulls, 7 Little Gulls, 58 Sandwich Terns, 647 Common
Terns, 12 Arctic Terns, 14 Little Terns and 30 Black
Terns.
Knots, Grey Plovers
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
7th
may 2008
7h40 observation - 1 seawatcher ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
Weather
CGN : E2 Bft -
Sun
- Visibility 2km => < 1km (heat haze)
Light East winds
produced lots of diversity for uncommon species to the spot and the 1st ever Red-footed Falcon (Ad female)
for Cap gris-nez. Again few divers. Observation of the 3rd Balearic
Shearwater for this spring (flighing north). 4 Grey Herons and
6 Spoonbills. Few ducks with 7
Brent Geese, 4 Shovelers, 1 garganey. 2 Merlins are
the other raptors for the day. Few warders. An other correct movement
for gulls and terns with 6 Mediterranean Gulls, 5 Little Gulls,
105 Sandwich Terns, 2 242 Common Terns, 5 Arctic Terns, 42 Little Terns
and 69 Black Terns.
Merlin
(digiscopy)
Leucistic Common Gull
Spoonbill
1st summer Little
Gull and bh.gulls
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
Red-footed Falcon
1st summer Sandwich Tern
Little and common Terns
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
Avocet
Brent Geese
Black Terns, Little
and Common Terns Grey Heron
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
6th
may 2008
7h40 observation - 2 seawatchers ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
Weather
CGN : ENE2 => NE3 Bft -
Sun
- Visibility < 3km (heat haze)
Faw divers with 7
Red-throated
Divers and only 7 Black-throated Divers. Few ducks with 3 Velvet Scoters.
Few raptors with 2 Sparrowhawks and 1 Merlin.
Good passage for waders with 12 species, 49 Oystercatchers
(flighing south), 50 Grey Plovers, 332 Knotss, 62 Sanderling,
1 Curlew Sandpiper,
7 Dunlins, 14 Bar-tailed Godwits, 6 Whimbrels, 3 Redshanks, 4
Greenshanks, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Turnstone.
Only 3 Arctic Skuas (poor conditions for skua movements on
the french side of the channel...). Good movements for terns with 220 Sandwich Terns, 1 731 Common
Terns, 22 Arctic Terns, 39 Little Terns and a good 81 Black Terns. lots of differents
passerines with a uncommon specie for the spot, 2 Hawfinches.

Whimbrel
Mediterranean
gull ad and 2nd summer
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
2nd
may 2008
6h observation - 1 seawatcher ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
Weather
CGN : SSE3 Bft -
Sun
- Visibility 8km - 7°c =>
16°c
Light migration
today with bad winds conditions for the spot. Few divers with 13
Red-throated
Divers and 13
Black-throated Divers (poor
numbers this year). Few ducks with local movements for Common
Scoters and 6 Velvet Scoters flighing north. Again 2
March Harriers (13 for the season is the best spot total). Few
waders. Good movements for terns with 2 109 Common Terns, 49
Arctic Terns, 44 Little Terns and 35 Black Terns,
end of passage for Little Gulls with 7 birds
today. Lots of Barn Swallows at the top of the cliff with thousands
coming from north and crossing the channel before seawatching spot (so,
not visible from spot).
22th
april 2008
5h observation - 2 seawatchers ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
Weather
CGN : NE3 Bft -
Sunny&misty
- Visibility 1km => 5km - 8°c =>
14°c
First important
movement for Arctic Terns with 155 birds.
Identification still difficult and only relatively close birds could be
identify without any doubt. Very good movements for skuas with 45 Arctic Skuas (Adultes 3
sorts plumage) and 2 Pomarines Skuas. Few divers with 18
Red-throated
Divers and best numbers
for 41
Black-throated Divers. Few ducks. Good diversity for waders but
poor numbers with 10 Oystercatchers, 6 Grey plovers, 6
Sanderlings, 3 Dunlins, 111 Bar-tailed Godwits, 11 Whimbrels, 1 Curlew
and the 1st Common Sandpiper for
the season. Classic movements for terns and gulls with 688
Little Gulls, 755 Sandwich Terns, 1 033 Common Terns, 1 Black Tern.
Arctic Tern
Arctic Skua
Gannet
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
20 avril 2008
5h45
observation - 3 seawatchers
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(42 Species => 4 472 Birds)
Weather
CGN : NE4 Bft - Fog
- Visibility >50m => 1km => 100m -
7°c
Séance assez
particulière avec un bon passage (très proche)
malgré un brouillard intense. A nouveau très peu de
plongeons et de grèbes. Passage marqué pour le Fou
de Bassan (394 ind.). Peu de diversité pour les
anatidés avec 12 Tadornes de Belon, 11 Sarcelles d'hiver,
51 Canards souchets, 1 Eider à duvet, 23 Harles huppés et des mouvements locaux pour la Macreuse
noire. Quelques limicoles avec 20 Huîtriers pie, 5
Avocettes, 8 Grands Gravelots, 19 Pluviers argentés, 3
Bécasseaux variables, 44 Courlis corlieux, 1 Courlis
cendré et 1 Chevalier gambette. Bonne présence du Labbe
parasite avec 18 individus (dont 1 ad clair). Bon
mouvement pour les sternes avec 1 920 Sternes pierregarin, 2
Sternes arctiques, 65 Sternes naines, 540 Sternes caugek , 11 Guifettes
noires, nous notons également 259 Mouettes
pygmées et 210 Mouettes rieuses (1er été).
Peu de passereaux sur mer mais gros passage d'hirondelles en haut du
cap (non visibles depuis le poste de seawatch).
Little Tern
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
Avocet
Common Tern
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
17th
april 2008
6h15 observation - 5 seawatchers ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
Weather
CGN : ENE4 Bft => ENE 6 Bft -
Sunny
- Visibility 3 km (Heat haze) - 2°c =>
10°c
Good seance during
2 hours with a ENE 3Bft wind, with many species and birds close to the
spot, unfortunably winds strenght to ENE 6Bft stop the movement. Few
divers and grebes and 1 Black-necked Grebe. Few ducks with 3
Gadwalls, 20 Teals, 2 Pintails, 48 Shovelers. Some raptors again
with 3 Marsh Harriers and 1 Milan noir (only 2nd mention for the spot !) from sea. Good variety for waders with 2
Oystercatchers, 6 Grey Plovers,
7 Knots, 24 Sanderlings, 7 Dunlins, 3 Ba-tailed Godwits, 4 Whimbrels, 6
Redshanks and 4 Greenshanks. Few skuas with only 2 Great Skuas and
3 Arctic Skuas (1 light ad). Few gulls and terns but the
birds are very close, we note 456 Little Gulls, 423 Sandwich
Terns, 268 Common Terns, and 3 Black Terns.
Black Kite
Black Tern
Common Tern
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
15th
april 2008
5h15
observation - 3 seawatchers ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(50 species => 3 809 Birds)
Weather
CGN : NNW4 Bft => NNE 3 Bft - Sun
- Visibility 15 km - 4°c => 8°c
Many species and
some good numbers, birds are seen close with a north winds. Few divers
and grebes with 3 Slavonian Grebes (summer plumage). Good
specie with a Balearic Shearwater
flying north (4th mention in spring, 2nd this year). Gannets
in good numbers (310 ind.) numbers were poor these lasts
dayst . Few ducks and geese with 19 Brent Geese, 12
Shelducks (north and south), 4 Gadwall, 5
Eiders, 160 Scoters (most flying south) and 44 Red-breasted Merganser. Few waders with 26 Grey Plovers, 46
Dunlins,
7 Black-tailed Godwits, 17 Bar-tailed Godwits and 9 Whimbrels.
Again 1 Pomarine Skua adult (without any tail
!!!) and 18 Arctics Skuas (All darks and intermediate) and 3
Great Skuas. For gulls and terns, good numbers for Common
Tern (1 029 ind.) and Sandwich Tern
(975 ind.) and usual numbers for 428 Little Gulls, 3 Arctic
Tern, 49 Little Terns, and the firsts 2 Black Terns for the saison.
Good movements for passerines with 3 Sand Martins, 76 Swallows, 5
House Martins, 128 Goldfinchs, 2 Siskins and 177 Linnets.
Arctic Skua
Gadwall
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
14th
april 2008
4h
observation - 1 seawatcher
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(24 species => 1 181 Birds)
Weather
CGN : NNW4 Bft
Few birds and few species with 436
Little Gulls, 385 Common Terns and the
firsts 4 House Martins. One good specie with 3
Pomarines Skuas (adults)
(earlier for the spot in spring), and 10 Arctics Skuas.
We note the 1st 4 House martins
for the spring.
13th
april 2008
5h
observation - 3 seawatchers
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(36 species => 6 908 Birds)
Weather
CGN : SW4 Bft - Showers => sun
- Visibility 40 km - 7°c => 11°c
Very good numbers for skuas and terns
with 40 Little Terns (1st for spring), 3 612 Common Terns, 471 Sandwich Terns, and 1
839 Little Gulls, 12 Great Skuas (very good for
spring) and 24 Arctic Skuas (ad dark, intermediate, pale).
Good numbers for 99 Red-throated
Divers and classic for 33
Black-throated Divers. Other intersting species
concerned 1 Red_necked Grebe, 2 Brent Geese, 403
Scoters, 4 Velvet Scoters and 19 Red-breasted Merganser. Few auks, waders and passerines.
8th
april 2008
5h30
observation - 4 seawatchers
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(40 species => 2 253 Birds)
Weather
CGN : S2 => SE2 Bft - Sunny with showers at sea
- Visibility 8 km - 2°c => 8°c
Difficults observation conditions with
all the birds high in the sky (mainly for Black-throated Divers and
ducks). Period of increase numbers for Black-throated Divers (57 ind.) and decrease
for Red-throated
Divers (57 ind. too). Some grebes with 21 Great crested
Grebes and 2 Slavonian Grebes. An other time good
numbers and diversity for ducks with 26 Brent Geese, 32
Shelducks, 10 Wigeons, 16 Gadwall
(good numbers this year with already 35 birds), 16 Teals, 2
Mallards, 92 Shovelers, 1 013 Common Scoters, 5 Velvet Scoters
and 67 Red-breasted Merganser. Some raptors with 3
Marsh Harriers, and 1 Merlin. Migration in poor
numbers for the period concerned Little Gulls (94 ind.) and
Sandwich Terns (82 ind.), usual numbers for 280 Common
Terns.
Marsh Harrier
Merlin
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
5th
april 2008
6h10
observation - 2 seawatchers
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(42 species => 4 501 Birds)
Weather
CGN : NW2 => 4 Bft - Cloudy =>
Rain (1h) => sun
- Visibility 5km => 8 km - 9°c => 11°c
Important movements for Common
Scoter (3 437 ind.) and Red-breasted Merganser (210 ind. Equal best ever of 26 nov 1978)
and very good session for geese and ducks with 1 Pale-bellied brent Goose (1st
ever for spring) and 97 Brent Geese, 6
Shelducks, 3 Wigeons, 6 Gadwalls, 2 Teals, 2 Mallards, 2
Pintails, 16 Shovelers, 2 Pochards, 1 Scaup, 20 Eiders and 6
Velvet Scoters. Few waders but firts Whimbrels (13 ind.)
for the year. Some skuas with 8 Arctic Skuas (all dark
adults), 1 Pomarine Skua (imm), 1 Great Skua.
Few gulls and terns with 21 Mediterranean Gulls, 163 Little Gulls
(poor migration for the period), 182 Sandwich Terns and 33
Common Terns. Few passerines with 1 Great spotted Woodpecker
(from sea !!) and 4 Swallows.
Common Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Brent Geese (with 1 ssp Hrota)
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
Brent Geese
Eider
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
Gadwalls and Scoters Mallard and
Red-breasted Merganser
Pochard
Scaup and Scoters
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
Arctic Skua (ad dark)
Scoters
Pomarine Skua (imm)
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
29th march 2008
4h35
observation - 3 birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(35 species => 5 089 birds)
Weather
CGN : WSW5 Bft - Sunny, showers at sea
- Visibility 5km (misty) - 8°c
Heavy migration during the 2 firsts hours of the day. Good numbers for 426
Red-throated Divers, beginning of spring migration for 7
Black-thoated Divers (usual period). Some Great crested
Grebes (17 ind.) and 1 Red-necked
Grebe. Few duck species with 31 Bent Geese, 1 Shelduck, 2
Wigeons, 3 Eiders, 29 Velvet Scoters (flying north and south) and
very good numbers for Common Scoters (2 594 ind.). Firsts 5
Arctic Skuas and 7 Common Terns for spring. First big movement for Sandwich
Terns (465 ind.). Good numbers for Little Gull ( 842 ind.),
and 120 Common Gulls. Few auks with 75 birds .
Great Northern Diver
Pintails
Brent Goose
Common Gull
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
23th
march 2008
4h
seawatching - 2 Birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(36 species => 2 974 birds)
Weather
CGN : NW3 => SW5 Bft - Sunny =>
Snow showers
- Visibility 5km (heat haze) - 1°c=>5°c
Quiet condition after stormy NNW
previous days produced 739 Gannets and 1 274 Kittiwakes.
Today the 3 diver's species seen with 52 Red-throated Divers,
the 1st Black-Throated Diver (Breeding plumage) and a early
Great northern Diver. Again good movements for 86
Great-creasted Grebes, also 1 Back-necked Grebe
(breeding plumage). Some Geese and ducks with 64 Brent Geese, 1
Egyptian Goose, 3 Gadwall, 4 Teals, on group with 97 Pintails, 7
Shovelers, 123 Common Scoters and 1 Red-breasted Merganser. Again 1
immature Pomarine Skua and a Great Skua. Other gulls
were 9 Mediterranean Gulls, 89 Little Gulls, 40 Common Gulls and
15 Sandwich Terns. Few auks and passerines.
Great-crested Grebe
Wigeon
Curlew
Common Gull 1st Winter
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
Mediterranean Gull 2nd Summer & Uncommon 1st winter
Common
Gull ad and 2nd summer
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
18th march 2008
4h15
- 2 Birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(31 species => 1 185 Birds)
Weather
CGN : NNE4 Bft - Cloudy =>
sunny
- Visibility 5km - 4°c=>6°c
Few birds today. Again few Red-throated
Divers (64 ind.).
Good passage for 58 Great-crested Grebes. Few ducks today
with 2 Brent
Geese, 8 Wigeons, 3
Eiders, 209 Scoters (Most flying south), 9 Velvet Scoters
(Flying South), and 2 Red-breasted Merganser. Few waders with 1
Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plovers, 6 Purple Sandpipers, 34 Dunlins
and 4 Curlews, other bird concerned 3 Great Skuas.
Few gulls and terns with 12 Mediterranean Gulls*, 6 Little Gulls and
29 Sandwich Terns. Good nombers for auks after a poor period with
36 Guillemots, 154 Razorbills, and 316 Auks species.
Some passerines with the 3 firsts Wheatear.
* One with special plumage (see picture)
Goldeneye
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
15th
march 2008
4h
- 2 Birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(54 Species => 2 083 birds)
Weather
CGN : SSE3 Bft - Cloudy =>
sunny
- Visibility < 3km - 10°c=>15°c
1 st quiet weather conditions after a stormy week produced good
migration.
Again few divers with only 51 Red-throated Divers.
Lots of ducks species today with some unusual ones with 9 Garganey (aqual spot record), 3 Scaup
(uncommun those last years), 3 Goldeneyes and especially
a 1 femele Smew
(no bird for at least 10 years). Common species concerned 112
Brent Geese, 5 Egyptian geese, 23
Shelducks, 5 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 36 Teals, 1 Mallard, 62 Shovelers, 1
Tufted Duck, 17 Eiders, 541 Scoters, 2 Velvet Scoters and 17
Red-breasted Merganser. Some skuas with 3
Great Skuas, nearly daily this year, and 1
juvenile Pomarine Skua. Many Little Gulls for
the period with 508 birds. Already good numbers for 23
Sandwich Terns. The firsts significative movements for
passerines, lots of birds crossing the channel with 88 Stok Dove
(spot record), 317 Wood Pigeons, the first 2 Sand martin and 1
Swallow (early spot's date
for the 2 species), 3 Chifschaffs, 5 Blue Tits, 60 jackdaws....
and few over species.
Great Skua
Brent Geese
Fulmar
Canon
350D + Canon EF 400/5.6
L USM
(L.Scalabre)
2th march 2008
4h
observation - 2 Birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(21 species => 1 704 Birds)
Weather
CGN : W6 => 5Bft - Cloudy =>
sunny - Visibilityé 5km - 11°c=>14°c
First ever for march at cap gris-nez, a Balearic Shearwater, flying
north at close distance (Very pale plumage). Usual nombers for 186 Red-troated
Divers. Some movements
for Great-crested Grebes (22 ind.). Good
numbers for few duck species with
547 Brent Geese, 288 Common Scoters, other birds are 1
Eider and 7 Red-breasted Merganser. Some
shorebirds with 13 Oystercatchers, 3 Avocets (1st for season), 2 Dunlins
and 4 Curlews. Some moving Great Skuas (5
ind.). Good nombers for 37 Mediterranean Gulls, 120 Commun
Gulls, 4 Little Gulls. Few auks.
24th february 2008
3h30
observation - 4 Birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(27 Species => 1 867 Birds)
Weather
CGN : SSW 3Bft - Cloudy =>
sun - visibility 5km - 9°c=>11°c -
Classic movements for 101 Red-troated
Divers. Good diversity for ducks with 313 Brent Geese, 1
Barnacle Goose, 28 Wigeons, 2 Gadwall, 21 Common Teals, 53 Pintails, 28
Shovelers, 31 Scoters and 1 Red -breasted Merganser. 5 local
Great Skuas are noticed. Early migration for 36 Little
Gulls, the usual date is around the 10st marsh for
significative numbers (except last year at the same
period).

Goéland bourgmestre
Jacques vercaigne (17/02/2008)
17th february 2008
3h15
observation - 2 Birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(140 Species => 975 Birds)
Weather
CGN : ESE 2Bft - Sun - - 3°C -
Good numbers for Red-troated
Divers (370 ind.), few ducks but 5 Barnacle Geese
(1-3 mentions per year) are seen, 12 Brent Geese, 35
Wigeons, 51 Scoters are seen. Over good species concerned 3
Great Skuas and 1 Immature Glaucous Gull.
10th february 2008
2h30
observation - 3 Birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(20 Species => 1 054 Birds)
Weather
CGN : SE 2Bft - Sun - Useful
visibility 5 km (heat haze) - 3°C -
Good seance for ducks. Local movements
locaux for 121 Common
Scoters, 2
Eiders, 2 Mallards et 3 Shelducks. Other species
in migration (flying north) in mix groups with 44 Greylag Geese
far at sea (other groups on french coast were 90 from sea at Wimereux
and 50 at Marquise), 20 Wigeons, 5 Teals, 29 Pintails, 3
Shovelers, 1 Red-breasted Merganser and only
5 Brent Geese (D.Walker for Dungeness Bird Observatory informe
me to have seen 4300+ Birds in 2 days). It confirm the very early
migration for this species already seen 4 times in good numbers during
january at the Cap. Some other birds concerned 152 Red-troated
Divers (flying south), 4 Slavonian Grebes (south),
1 Shag, 473 Gannets
(flying north), 2 Great Skuas, and 200 Auks
(local movements), 2 Grey seals and today is the first sighting of the
year for 4 Harbour purpoise.
3th february 2008
3h30
observation - 1 Birder
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(12 Species => 1 293 Birds)
Weather
CGN : SSW 5Bft - Sun
Few speces but some good numbers with 430
Gannets, 3 Shelducks, 16 Common Scoters, 9 Velvet Scoters, 1 Pomarine
Skua, 5 Great Skuas, 6 Little Gulls and 800 Auks.
2th
february 2008
1h
observation - 1 Birder
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(8 Species => 758 Birds)
Weather
CGN : NW 4-5Bft
Good numbers for common species in one
hour observation with goods NW winds with 355 Gannets, 260
Kittiwakes, 123 Auks, 8 Common Scoters and 2
Pomarines Skuas (complete wintering in north sea this year).
28th january 2008
4h
observation - 1 Birder
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(12 Species => 1 093 Birds)
Weather
CGN : W 2Bft - Sun => rain
Local mouvements with 124
Red-throated Divers, 219 Scoters, 3 Velvet Scoters, 1 Great Skua, 150
Aukss. An other time, Migration mouvements for 166 Brent
Geese flighing north.
27th
january 2008
3h30
observation - 3 Birders ("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(21 Species => 2 592 Birds)
Weather
CGN : WSW 5Bft - Sun -
Visibility 15 km
Migration seems to be already regular
for 98 Brent Geese
(3rd consecutive day) very early this year. Other ducks mouvements
concerned 1 Shelduck, 4 Wigeons, 2 Pintails, 4 Gadwalls, 2
Eiders, good numbers for Common
Scoters (560 ind.) and 70 Velvet Scoters, best total since 2005.
For others species, 3 Great Skuas, 1050 Gannets, 242
Kittiwakes, 86
Fulmars and 300 auks, mainly Guillemots.
24th january 2008
4h
observation - 1 birder
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(14 species => 865 Birds)
Weather
CGN : SW 5Bft - rain
Few birds today
except the first significatif migration movement for Brent Goose
(518 birds).
22th
january 2008
2h
observation - 1 birder
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(13 species => 1 649 Birds)
Weather
CGN : WNW 4Bft
Some interesting
sightings today with good WNW winds. Some local movements for 91
Red-throated Divers and 2 Fulmar.
Few
ducks with 31 Shelduck, 1 Eider, 17 Common Scoters, 3 Velvet
Scoter, and the firsts groups of Brent
goose (31 ind.) in "spring" migration. 1
Pomarine Skua and the firsts 2
Arctics Skuas seen today. Some wintering gulls
movement with 93 Little Gull
and 410 Kittiwake. Some 800 auks species
seen today in south movement.
6th january 2008
4h45
observation - 5 birders
("Latests
sightings" for detail)
(25 species => 1 678 Birds)
Weather
CGN : WSW 3Bft - Sun -
Visibility 15 km
1st session for the year. Good numbers
for divers with 290 Red-throated Divers (flying
north) and 2 Black-throated Divers. Few
ducks with 1 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 39 Common Scoters, 1 Velvet
Scoter, 9 Eiders, and 2 Red-breasted Merganser.
Wintering of Pomarine Skua continue (1 bird today), and so 4-7
Great Skuas. Good numbers for Little Gull (97
ind.). About 800 auks species with both Razorbills
and Guillemots in equal numbers for close indivuduals.