All at Sea!

With the paucity of passerine migrants on the peninsular, thank god we have the sea to watch. This morning I joined AJG(who collated the numbers) for a very entertaining watch, we were later joined by MH,DW and BC

07.30-10.10 from the fishing boats:

Common Scoter: 22E   61W

Fulmar: 3W

Balearic Shearwater: 1W

Gannet: 83W

Oystercatcher: 4W

Ringed Plover: 2W

Grey Plover: 17W

Knot: 111W

Turnstone: 3 on beach

Dunlin: 15W

Bar-tailed Godwit: 110W

Whimbrel: 2W

Arctic Skua: 2W (both light phase)

Little Gull: 5W

Kittiwake: 8W

Little Tern: 7W

Sandwich Tern: 108W

Common Tern: 204W

Arctic Tern: 11W

Black Tern: 44W

Sand Martin: 31 out 

Swallow: 2 out

Common Seal: 1

Harbour Porpoise: 3+

No migrants around the observatory but I did see the superb Bedstraw Hawkmoth that DW found in the observatory MV last night.

 Juvenile Arctic Tern

Another sea watch this afternoon 13.55-16.30 with BM,AJG and MH was not as good as this morning, but the good light did allow me to take a few snaps:

Common Scoter: 9E

Fulmar: 3E

Balearic Shearwater: 1E

Gannet: 21W

Cormorant: 12 around

Grey Heron: 1 out

Oystercatcher: 1E  2W

Kittiwake: 2W

Sandwich Tern: 58W

Little Tern: 2W

Common Tern:  86W

Arctic Tern: 2W

Sand Martin: 77 out + c150 over beach as we were leaving

Grey Seal: 1

Harbour Porpoise: 6+

 Juvenile Common Tern

 Juvenile Sandwich Tern

 Balearic Shearwater honest!!!!

 Red Underwing by the entrance to Hanson 

At the ARC from Hanson there was very little change from yesterday, 5 Wood Sandpipers, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 3 LRPs, 20 Golden Plover and the usual 150+ lapwings.

Jersey Tiger and a late Elephant Hawkmoth in the Plodland MV last night