With todays stormy weather the only option was to spend most of my time at the fishing boats sea watching, which fortunately was fairly rewarding.

Arctic Tern

7.30-10.30 thanks to all for help with numbers AJG, RW, DW, PE, CG, RB

Common Scoter: 6W

Red-throated Diver: 1W  1 on

Great-crested Grebe: 12W     5 on

Gannet: 1,112W

Cormorant: present n/c

Turnstone: 5 around

Curlew: 1W

Kittiwake: 201W

Black-headed Gull: present n/c

Little Gull: 13W

Mediterranean Gull: 2W

Common Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Herring Gull: present n/c

Lesser black-backed Gull: present n/c

Sandwich Tern: 173W

Arctic Tern: 1W

Great Skua: 1W

Arctic Skua: 12W      1 around pale headed bird

Guillemot: 18W

Razorbill: 105W

Auk sp: 143W        36E

Merlin: 1 in

Peregrine: 1 in

Rock Pipit: 1 in

Linnet: 142 over

Goldfinch: 435 over

Grey Seal: 1

Harbour Porpoise: 4+

Arctic Skua

13.30-16.00 with RW & OL

Red-throated Diver: 1W

Gannet: 204W

Kittiwake: 66W

Little Gull: 18W

Sandwich tern: 221W

Arctic Tern: 3W

Arctic Skua: 6W

Guillemot: 13W

Razorbill: 30W

Auk sp: 74W

Swallow: 1 out

The Little Gulls today were somewhat distant

The 16 cattle Egrets with Plodland in the background