Thursday 20 May 2021

20/05/2021

As the appalling spring weather continues at least I can fill most of my day staring at the sea. 
07.00-10.30 joined by OL & JTM
Brent Goose: 8E
Scaup: 1E drake
Common Scoter: 64E       115W
Red-throated Diver: 1E
Great-crested Grebe: 1E      4 on
Fulmar: 8W
Gannet: 64E   131W
Cormorant: 26 around
Oystercatcher: 4W
Kittiwake: 27E      13W
Sandwich Tern: 12E.  3W
Common Tern: 15E
Great skua: 2E
Arctic Skua: 2E
Guillemot: 3E
Auk sp: 18E   14W
Grey Seal: 1
Harbour Porpoise: 14+
The 3 black smudges are Manx Shearwaters they rarely come past close enough for decent pics 

15.00-18.30
Brent Goose: 5E
Common Scoter: 23E
Fulmar: 5E       3W
Manx Shearwater: 36E
Gannet: 424E     73W
Oystercatcher: 1E
Whimbrel: 3E
Kittiwake: 35E
Mediterranean Gull: 1E   1st summer
Sandwich tern: 22E
Common Tern: 1W
Great Skua: 3E
Arctic Skua: 2E
Guillemot: 6E
Auk sp: 55E  9W
Swift: 3W
Four black smudges in this pic

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