Monday, 24 November 2008

Monday 24th November

A WeBS count at Stevenston Beach produced:

Razorbill - 2
Shag - 32
Oystercatcher - 281
Ringed Plover - 28
Sanderling - 24
Dunlin - 16
Redshank - 26
Knot - 12
Turnstone - 11
Purple Sandpiper - 4
Curlew - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 4
Common Scoter - 23
Eider - 45
Goldeneye - 3

Also, there were 15+ Twite on the beach and a single Snow Bunting flew in and landed on the seaweed-covered rocks just north of the Point.

(Photo: Knot)

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