Heavy rain was threatened for this morning but never materialised, just a light showers.
07.40-09.30 from the Hide:
Common Scoter: 9E
Sandwich Tern: 132W 37E
Kittiwake: 1W
Black-headed Gull: 223W
Mediterranean Gull: 31W
Common Gull: 8W
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 2W
Arctic Skua: 5W 2E
Guillemot: 1E
Auk sp: 3E 1W
Balearic Shearwater: 33W 1E
Gannet: 607E 102W
Cormorant: Present n/c
Swallow: 144E
Harbour Porpoise: 6
Grey Seal: 1
Some of todays Balearic Shearwaters
Balearic Shearwaters
Caspian Gull that hasn't quite yet moulted into 1w plumage
Caspian Gull that is still retaining most of its juvenile plumage
A visit to to the ARC from Hanson was disappointing avian wise, but very disappointing to see the rate that the islands are disappearing, if the weather forecast for the next 2 days is correct then I believe most of the islands will be covered, also probably the same on Burrowes especially those to eh left of and front of Dennis's Hide.😢
14.00-15.30 from the Boats:
Arctic Tern: 1W
Common Tern: 9W
Sandwich Tern: 176W 32E
Black-headed Gull: 72W
Mediterranean Gull: 48W
Common Gull: 30W
Herring Gull: present n/c
Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 3W
Arctic Skua: 6W 1E
Gannet: 83W 21E
Cormorant: 7W 2E
Swallow: 17 out
Juvenile Arctic Tern past the fishing boats this afternoon
A pair of 1w Mediterranean Gulls at the fishing boats
I'd just retuned home for a cup of tea late afternoon when Stephen Message found a Slavonian and Black-necked Grebe on Scotney from the double bends, so I jumped on my electric bike and was there in a few minutes, the birds as usual on Scotney were at the back of the main lake and rather distant but OK in the scope.