I intended to get to Porthgwarra for dawn but hit a complete (figurative) wall on the overnight drive and only ended up arriving in the car park mid-morning. Despite the assembled crowd of seawatchers, it was clear that the weather was not delivering the goods. Despite the slow-going, I spent a few hours enjoying the steady procession of
Manx Shearwaters, with the occasional
Balearic (seven) and
Sooty Shearwater (two) thrown in, along with a
Storm-petrel, an
Arctic Skua, five
Bonxies and a juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull.
Fulmar,
Gannet,
Kittiwake and
Shag were abundant offshore, as always.
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