10 hours of seawatching split were rather profitable and some of the best local wave-gazing I've enjoyed to date. Two
Pomarine Skuas went through separately during the first vigil and the later spell produced the stonking group of four which were tracked along much of the south coast. A 3CY
Yellow-legged Gull fed offshore and a morning push of 32
Arctic Terns was very enjoyable. Some 21
Arctic Skuas were tallied, plus a lone
Bonxie. A nice push of waders included 39
Whimbrel, a
Dunlin and three distant
Oystercatchers. Other birds recorded over the day included two
Little Terns, 102
Common Scoters, a
Shelduck, four
Fulmars, 686
Gannets, six
Kittiwakes, a
Swallow, 239
Common/'
Commic'
Terns (combined), 100
Sandwich Terns, a
Common Gull, a
Guillemot (and another two distant
auks), two
Great Crested Grebes, two very distant
divers (most likely Black-throated) and four
Turnstones. I was variously joined by Gareth J, Garry M, Nick O and Adam B.
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