Skuas!

 Arctic Skua

07.30-08.30 & 10.15-11.30 From the fishing boats:

Wigeon: 4 down
Teal: 1 down
Common Scoter: 22 up
Great-crested Grebe: 2 around
Balearic Shearwater: 1 down
Gannet: 129 up     87 down
Cormorant: c40 around
Whimbrel: 1 down
Great Skua: 4 down
Arctic Skua: 10+ around
Sandwich Tern: N/C c200 around
Commic Tern: 48 down
Black Tern: 16 down + 2 around
Guillemot: 1 around
Wheatear: 3 on beach
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour porpoise: 10+

 Arctic Skuas doing what they do!

 Between sea watches I spent an hour taking a stroll around The Desert getting rather wet in the constant drizzle, apart from a couple of Wheatears, Stonechats, 2 Black Redstarts and a Tit flock very little was seen.

Soggy Wheatear Denge Marsh Gully

Lunchtime in Denge Marsh Gully a Wheatear was the only bird of note which was more than I saw in Galloways. 3 Great White Egrets could be seen on Denge Marsh from Springfield Bridge.

On the ARC from Hanson early afternoon, of note 4 Ruff, the Pectoral Sandpiper still present as were 2 Common Sandpiper and 3 Garganey among the usual wildfowl, sadly the Curlew Sandpipers had been flushed by a Marsh Harrier, 3 Little Egrets and another Great White Egret were also present. Over the road near Boulderwall farm at least 2 Cattle egrets present.

Skua sp: from the fishing boats this afternoon? 

With white bases to tail and tail projection I'm guessing heavy Arctic but open to suggestions.