A Damp Squib! 30/09/2024

Just 6 Arctic Skuas were seen today

3 Balearic Shearwaters in the misty rainy gloom this morning

The strong SSE wind combined with rain and mist promised to be a super days sea watching, but in reality it was more of a damp squib. Conditions were right for the birds but they obviously didn't think so. We all got rather wet and back ache from standing at the fishing boats most of the day for relatively poor reward.

 07.00-15.00with CP, SG, JY, RW, OL, TW

Brent Goose: 51W

Teal: 7W

Common Scoter: 25W     12E

Red-breasted Merganser: 2W

Great-crested Grebe: 2 present

Knot: 1W

Dunlin: 2W

Turnstone: 1 present

Little Tern: 2W

Black Tern: 3W

Common Tern: 42W

Sandwich Tern: 312 

Little Gull: 1E 

Kittiwake: 31W  

Black-headed Gull: 18W

Mediterranean Gull: 7W

Common Gull: 7W

Herring Gull: present n/c

Great Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Lesser Black-backed Gull: present n/c

Arctic Skua: 4W     2E

Pomarine Skua: 1E juvenile

Great Skua: 1E 

Razorbill: 4W

Guillemot: 2W

Red-throated Diver: 1W       1 present

Fulmar: 1E

Sooty Shearwater: 1E

Balearic Shearwater: 21W       

Gannet: 136W   

Grey Heron: 1 in off

Merlin: 1 in off

Swallow: 361  out

Grey Seal: 2

Harbour Porpoise: 4+

One of todays Common Terns taken through a mixture of rain, mist and sea spray most of which seemed to be on the camera lense.