Dunaverty (Southend); ca. 50 on 1st (Robert Shaw pers. comm.). MSBO; one on 5th and one on 24th. Northern Gannets Crossing Kintyre 2018... September 2018; a total of 372 adults crossed overland to the west from Campbeltown Loch in SE Kintyre for the Atlantic on 27 / 30 days of observation. Table 2. Daily totals of adult Gannets flying 8km overland from Campbeltown Harbour (Clyde waters) to Machrihanish Bay (Atlantic) during September along with wind direction/force and departure times of first/last bird. Number Wind Campbeltown Adults Direction Departure September crossing & times of overland force first / last bird 1st 19 Calm 11:33 20:18 – 2nd 5 ESE 3 12:15 16:21 – 3rd 7 NNW 2 - 3 18:42 19:15 – 4th 10 Calm - NW 1 12:33 20:10 – 5th 23 S 1 - 2 11:12 20:12 – 6th 0 WNW 3 - 4 - 7th 11 WNW 4 - 5 14:03 15:41 – 8th 21 WNW 2 - 3 13:12 18:35 – 9th 32 WNW 4 - 5 08:50 19:05 – 10th 13 SW 3 12:37 19:37 – 11th 18 W 4 - 5 10:45 19:52 – 12th 16 WNW 3 - 5 09:02 18:39 – 13th 17 W 4 09:27 18:37 – 14th 21 W 4 08 :53 18:58 – 15th 11 WSW 2 11:10 19:20 – 16th 20 NW 5 - 6 12:05 17:03 – 17th 2 S 4 - 5 12:43 18:23 – 18th 7 WNW 3 15:23 19:14 – 19th 0 WSW 7 - 9 – 20th 0 SW 2 – 21st 5 NW 4 07:40 09:00 – 22nd 6 NW 2 - 3 13:53 18:30 – 23rd 15 NNW 4 - 5 07:13 18:23 – 24th 15 W 3 12:06 15:35 – 25th 20 WSW 3 10:00 19:27 – 26th 9 W 3 14:25 19:15 – 27th 4 NW 4 - 5 10:22 15:07 – 28th 3 W 2 14:40– 16:50 29th 25 WSW 3 - 4 11:08 16:38 –
Dunaverty (Southend); ca. 50 on 1st (Robert Shaw pers. comm.). MSBO; one on 5th and one on 24th. Northern Gannets Crossing Kintyre 2018... September 2018; a total of 372 adults crossed overland to the west from Campbeltown Loch in SE Kintyre for the Atlantic on 27 / 30 days of observation. Table 2. Daily totals of adult Gannets flying 8km overland from Campbeltown Harbour (Clyde waters) to Machrihanish Bay (Atlantic) during September along with wind direction/force and departure times of first/last bird. September Number Adults crossing overland Wind Direction & force Campbeltown Departure times of first / last bird 1st 19 Calm 11:33 – 20:18 2nd 5 ESE 3 12:15 – 16:21 3rd 7 NNW 2 - 3 18:42 – 19:15 4th 10 Calm - NW 1 12:33 – 20:10 5th 23 S 1 - 2 11:12 – 20:12 6th 0 WNW 3 - 4 - 7th 11 WNW 4 - 5 14:03 – 15:41 8th 21 WNW 2 - 3 13:12 – 18:35 9th 32 WNW 4 - 5 08:50 – 19:05 10th 13 SW 3 12:37 – 19:37 11th 18 W 4 - 5 10:45 – 19:52 12th 16 WNW 3 - 5 09:02 – 18:39 13th 17 W 4 09:27 – 18:37 14th 21 W 4 08 :53 – 18:58 15th 11 WSW 2 11:10 – 19:20 16th 20 NW 5 - 6 12:05 – 17:03 17th 2 S 4 - 5 12:43 – 18:23 18th 7 WNW 3 15:23 – 19:14 19th 0 WSW 7 - 9 – 20th 0 SW 2 – 21st 5 NW 4 07:40 – 09:00 22nd 6 NW 2 - 3 13:53 – 18:30 23rd 15 NNW 4 - 5 07:13 – 18:23 24th 15 W 3 12:06 – 15:35 25th 20 WSW 3 10:00 – 19:27 26th 9 W 3 14:25 – 19:15 27th 4 NW 4 - 5 10:22 – 15:07 28th 3 W 2 14:40– 16:50 29th 25 WSW 3 - 4 11:08 – 16:38
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