The fresh west - SW wind was not as strong as yesterday and eased further throughout the day. A few heavy showers.
Seawatch from the north harbour wall - Pete and Shaun 0635-1000
Grey Phalarope heading out at 08:20.
Leach's Petrel: 3 possibly 4 individuals (two close in c50m).
Manx Shearwater 2 out.
Fulmar 1 out.
Gannet 4 ads out and 5 ads in.
Arctic Tern ad and juv together
Common Tern 2 juvs out together
Sandwich Tern 3 ads out (2 plus 1).
Ad light morph skua either Arctic or Long-tailed (very distant but looked 'lightweight' as it rapidly wheeled out) c0645.
Pink-footed Goose 14 out.
Common Scoter flock of three distantly, plus a male closer inshore heading out.
Guillemot 3 individuals on sea drifting out.
Shag 3 immature together drifting in. Also, two separate individuals were probably different. One was quite a way out flying well into the bay.
Dunlin 25, Ringed Plover 3 and Turnstone 7 heading out.
South side - Shaun
Outfall 1 11:30:
Little Gull 1cy on the beach
Mediterranean gull 9 - 1cy, 2cy and 7 adults
I checked the south side 08:45 - 10:45 (Malcolm)
The following shots are likely to be of birds aready mentioned in the above report:
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| Adult Gannet heading out |
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| One of at least two juvenile Shag in the harbour |
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| Guillemot |
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| The juvenile Little gull was feeding on No.1 outfall at 10:30 |
I say feeding, but I didn't actually see it find anything to pick up, just after this, the heavens opened.
Eider 4 males out
Shelduck 19 out in 4 groups and a single
Wheatear 1 near the lighthouse
Rock Pipit 1 near the waterfall
Kevin checked in the afternoon
The or a Wheatear was still near the lighthouse
Adult Common Tern on No.2 outfall
I checked a little later (Malcolm)
I wanted to see if any of the Mediterranean gulls roosting on Red Nab were ringed. I saw a white ringed adult, but couldn't get close enough to read, numbers and mix same as Shaun this morning.
The Common Tern was still on No.2 outfall
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| Common Tern |
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| Common Tern and Black-Headed gull |
The sun was out in the Nature Park
Large White 6
Small White 3
Red Admiral 1
Small Tortoiseshell 1
Common Blue 1
Speckled Wood 3
Common Darter 3
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This male Common Darter was actually on Middleton Nature Reserve today.
Snapped by Janet with her phone camera. |
Clay Garland: North Harbour Wall 17:45-19:20
1 distant Manx shearwater out
1 Gannet in close then out
c35 Pink-Footed geese out
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