Monday 23rd

06.20-09.00 from the sea watch hide with Ol and AJG who kindly collated the numbers:
Common Scoter: 6W
Red-throated Diver: 1W
Gannet: 660W  320 feeding off shore
Cormorant: present n/c
Kittiwake: 6W
Mediterranean Gull: 23W
Great Skua: 3W
Arctic Skua: 16W   1E
Sandwich Tern: 806W
Common Tern 5W
Razorbill: 4W
Guillemot: 1W
Meadow Pipit: 7 in
Swallow: 4 out

A  distant Osprey over the New Excavations being chased by Egyptian Geese

The reserve was very quiet, the highlight being an Osprey, the Little stint was still present with 2 Common Sandpipers, also the Black-necked grebe still present.

Another sea watch this afternoon from the fishing boats 13.00-14.30 with AJG, RS & JTM

Great-crested Grebe: 1W    1 on
Balearic Shearwater: 1W
Gannet: 11W   3E
Arctic Skua: 6 around
Common Tern: 8W
Sandwich Tern: 52W
Guillemot: 1W.    2 on
Swallow: 129 out