Great Northern Diver

High count for Lundy

28 Dec – A count of five, following a prolonged period of severe weather in Nov-Dec, was, at the time, the highest ever recorded for Lundy. However, a new record was set in Feb 2020 (see below)

Unusual late-spring/early summer record

30 Jun – Three were reported off the Landing Bay on the unusual date of 30 Jun (David Oddy).

Feeding behaviour

9 Dec – Writing in the LFS logbook, Lundy Warden Dean Jones reported: “Two feeding in close to Miller’s Cake at 13.30 hrs. One bird caught a definite monkfish and the other a rather large, pale-yellow flatfish.”

Unusual early-autumn record

24 Sep to 8 Oct – An adult still largely in breeding plumage was present in the Landing Bay almost daily (Chris Dee et al.). During the early morning of 27 Sep it flew high across the island, from west to east and dropped down into the Landing Bay. It had presumably been roosting and/or feeding off the West Side.

Unusual location

1 Jan – One was off North Light, an unusual location for this species, given that the vast majority of records are for the Landing Bay and the East Side as far north as the Terrace.

New record set for highest ever count for Lundy

17 Feb – A count of six, in ones and twos off the East Side between Quarry Beach and Rat Island (Martin Thorne) becomes the highest day-count ever logged for the island.

Unusual early-autumn record

25 Sep – An adult in breeding plumage flew north off the east coast.