Skua's, Balearics and Pecs

A wander around the bushes this morning found only a few Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps with a few Meadow Pipits and Linnets over head.

A sea watch from the fishing boats this morning with AJG was slow but the marauding Arctic Skuas kept us amused for an hour, also seen:

Wigeon: 122 w

Teal: 120 w

Common Scoter: 30 w

Brent Goose: 5w 3E

Razorbill: 1 on sea
Bar-tailed Godwit: 2

Sanderling: 3w

Curlew: 1E

Arctic Skua: 2 around
2 Seals and several Harbour Porpoises off shore

Who is chasing who? at the fishing boats this morning.

At the ARC from Hanson:
Pectoral Sandpiper: 2
Curlew Sandpiper: 2
Dunlin: 6
Ruff: 2
Black-tailed Godwit: 2
Greenshank:1
Common Snipe: 21
Golden Plover: 150+
Lapwing: 300+
Spotted Redshank: 1 at the south end
Great White Egret: 1 along with all the usual wildfowl.

Balearic Shearwaters 

A surprise in another sea watch this evening with DW in form of a party of 5 Balearic Shearwaters moving west. Off shore 4+ Arctic Skua's were beating up the Sandwich Terns, 30 Teal moved west as did 81 Brent Geese. Several harbour Porpoises still off shore.