Wash Out!

A very wet sea watch 07.50-09.50 from sea watch hide with LG:

Common Scoter: 7 up

Red-throated Diver: 1 on sea

Great-crested Grebe: 6 on sea

Fulmar: 4 down

Gannet: 145 down

Arctic Skua: 12 down

Kittiwake: 5 down

Sandwich Tern: 157 down

Common Tern: 65 down

Guillemot: 3 down

Grey Seal: 1 

Harbour Porpoise: 4+

A quick look at the ARC saw a Little Stint and a Garganey.

 Ruff taken from Makepiece

On Burrowes of note 2 Black Terns, 5 Great White Egrets, a Knot, a Ruff, 2 Common Sandpipers, 6 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plovers and a Merlin chasing Sand Martins.

 1 of 2 Black Terns on Burrowes

 Common Tern on Burrowes

 Bar-tailed Godwit past the boats this afternoon

13.15-15.30 from a very wet fishing boats: 

Gannet: 32 down

Turnstone: 6 around

Bar-tailed Godwit: 1 down

Great Skua: 1 down

Arctic Skua: 3 down    1 up

Sandwich Tern: 105 down

Common Tern:  38 down

 Arctic Skua passing east in another Squall

Another Herring Gull that has swallowed a Hook at the fishing boats

A late afternoon look at the ARC from Hanson found just 2 Little Stints, 8 Dunlin and a Hobby of any note.