Terns and a couple of Poms!

This mornings early morning sea watch was very poor, the highlight for me was as I got out of the car a Jay came in off the sea and headed for the trapping area.

Mid morning a Melodious Warbler was seen and photographed in a private garden but eluded all who looked for it.

A quiet day around the peninsular in general with a few Hobby's being the highlights. 

Wheatear

Sparrowhawk

An early afternoon wander along the beach found 3 Wheatears, 2 Skylarks and a male Sparrowhawk of note. With little to see on the land I decided to spend the rest of the afternoon sea watching from the fishing boats, where I was joined by MH,AJG,BH,CT,PT and Barny. 

There was a steady stream of Commic Terns with a few other bits and pieces, enough to keep the interest going. By 16.30 just myself and PT remained watching when a dark phase Arctic Skua flew past followed by a pale phase, a few minutes later 2 Pomarine Skuas sailed majestically past making PT a very happy man. Full species account below.

A record of this afternoons 2 Poms!

13.30-18.00 from the fishing boats:
Common Scoter: 113E
Red-Breasted Merganser: 2E
Red-throated Diver: 1E
Fulmar: 1E  1W
Gannet: 62E  21W
Oystercatcher: 38E   16E
Turnstone: 3E
Sanderling: 8E
Dunlin: 4E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 9E
Whimbrel: 22E
Arctic Skua: 3E
Pomarine Skua: 2E
Little Gull: 1E 1st summer
Kittiwake: 42E
Little Tern: 8E
Sandwich Tern: 226E
Commic Tern: 1027E      I thought about 30% were Arctics
Guillemot: 6E    1 on sea
Auk sp: 5E   41W
Swallow: 2 in
Harbour Porpoise: 5+

At last a few moths in the Plodland trap.

 Pine Hawk Moth

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