Surprise Poms!

 Distant Pomarine Skuas

Waking up to a blasting North Easterly wind I certainly wasn't expecting a decent sea watch, waders were trickling through as soon as I arrived and then some magnificent Pomarine Skuas, 14 in all bringing my personal tally for the spring to 180.

06.00-11.30 & 13.50-16.15 with AJG,LG,DW,MH et al.
Common Scoter: 6 up
Eider: 1 on
Red-breasted Merganser: 3 up
Red-throated Diver: 2 up
Fulmar: 15 around
Gannet: 308 up   14 down
Oystercatcher: 9 up
Grey Plover: 224 up
Knot: 265 up
Sanderling: 44 up
Turnstone: 45 up
Dunlin: 47 up
Bar-tailed Godwit: 104 up
Whimbrel: 33 up
Redshank: 4 up
Greenshank: 2 up
Pomarine Skua: 14 up 4 @ 0715, 2 @ 0730, 2 @ 0740, 3 @ 0755, 1 @ 08.20, 2 @ 14.05, 
Arctic Skua: 6 up
Little Gull: 1 1st summer
Kittiwake: 50 up
Little Tern: 22 up
Sandwich Tern: 93 up
Common Tern: 1,133 up
Black Tern: 7 up
Guillemot: 5 up
Auk sp: 10 up  27 down
Swallow: 43 in
Swift: 5 in
Harbour Porpoise: 4+

Sanderling