Went to Hartlepool Headland with Mathew Mellor to see the Eastern Black Redstart and do some sea-watching. Reasonably successful in both. Got the Redstart and got several reasonable but brief views early on before it became elusive.
Sea-watching produced…
Little Auk x 4
Glaucous Gull 1st winter
Sooty Shearwater x 1
Arctic Skua x 1
Bonxie c.20
Velert Scoter x 1
Red-throated Diver x c.10
Also many Kittiwakes going through (1 Sabine’s reported with them) and several Gannets, Auks etc.
A number of Purple Sandpipers were on the beach and showed very nicely. The waves were also spectacular!
Hartlepool Headland
06 November 2016 09:15 - 14:10
Heavy rain showers 8C 20NE
Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Scaup, Eider, Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Goldeneye, Red-throated Diver, Sooty Shearwater, Cormorant, Shag, Sparrowhawk, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Turnstone, Purple Sandpiper, Redshank, Arctic Skua, Great Skua, Razorbill, Little Auk, Guillemot, Kittiwake, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Glaucous Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling, Blackbird, Redwing, Robin, Black Redstart (rufiventris), Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit
