Strong southerly winds meant that sea watching was the order of the day!

 Guillemots past the fishing boats today

07.45-10.45 from the fishing boats with MH, AJG, SO & DW:
Brent Goose: 1W
Velvet Scoter: 3W
Red-throated Diver: 66W
Great-crested Grebe: 21
Fulmar: 4W
Gannet: 1,216W
Cormorant: 988W
Turnstone: 4 around
Pomarine Skua: 1W
Mediterranean Gull: 1W
Little Gull: 1W (adult)
Yellow-legged Gull: 1 (1w) on beach
Caspian Gull: 1 (1w) on beach
Kittiwake: 242W
Guillemot: 1,396W
Razorbill: 27W
Auk sp: 67W
Harbour Porpoise: 1
Grey Seal: 1

 Curlew by Cooks Pool

Late morning a quick look at Cooks Pool saw 4 Curlew, a Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier and the usual Wildfowl in the Boulderwall Fields.

The 3 Cattle Egrets were back in the Horse Paddock.

 1w Caspian Gull on the beach early afternoon

13.15-14.15 from the fishing was almost a repeat of this morning:

Red-throated Diver: 2W
Gannet: 73W
Cormorant: 203W
Kittiwake: 74W
Guillemot: 128W
Razorbill: 2W
Auk sp: 19W
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 1
Late afternoon on the reserve 7 Caspian Gulls came into roost (3 adult, 3w & 3 1w) also 3 adult Yellow-legged Gulls.

4 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato's in a shoot by the fishing boats today, apparently £3,000,000 worth.