East Coast birdwatchers - thought I saw a gannet....

[MoodySabre]

....whilst sailing to Burnham last Sunday. Seen plenty in Wales sailing with my son but never seen one on the east coast before. Was I mistaken or was it lost?

 

[Skyva_2]

There is a colony at Bempton, and their flying range is immense - virtually anywhere in North European waters. We often see them in the Channel.

 

[Sixpence]

You're not seeing things , there were a couple of sightings on the Burnham to Ostend crossing and the books were checked to make sure they were Gannets

 

[Bejasus]

often see whole squadrons of them offshore east coast, peeling off and dive bombing into the sea.
As said, they have a huge range and the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth is home to a 60,000 bird colony.

 

[Slow_boat]

I saw one near the Swin Spitway last week. It was flying towards the Crouch.

 

[Bilgediver]

Probably decided on a different route to its breeding ground on the BAss Rock in the River Forth Estuary.

Millions of them there !!!!

 

[johnalison]

Re: East Coast birdwatchers - thought I saw a gannet....

Great birds. I've also seen a guillemot off Felixstowe & a dead one in the Colne. We seldom cross the southern North Sea without seeing the odd fulmar.

 

[stuey_two]

Re: East Coast birdwatchers - thought I saw a gannet....

I saw a lovely bird in Tollesbury last week - no idea what she was called.

 

[AliM]

We've seen gannets not far offshore when crossing to Holland - wonderful birds to watch! also lots of fulmars, which are extending their range round Britain quite amazingly (according to my seriously birdy brother-in-law). There is often a guillemot in the Crouch in the winter - we have seen it several times in the last 2 or 3 years.

 

[Twister_Ken]

A flock of Gannets

 

[wingdiver]

Re: A flock of Gannets

Is that HMS Victorious?