Unexpected Black Guillemot

A dry day with a light wind, mainly from the NE

Seawatch Report Pete 1045-1245:

Black Guillemot - summer plumage bird flying in then landed, floated out of sight then flew out 1156 - no sign floating back in by 1245 but sea a bit lumpy at the range.  

Didn’t expect Black Guillemot this morning.  After a few years of virtually annual regularity on a par with eg Puffin they have become really scarce in recent years whilst Puffins are virtually annual fare.  Even more surprising given Walney or Furness in general have no recent records

Arctic Skua 1 dark morph in close at 1100 

(prob dark morph small skua out v distantly at 1215)

Guillemot - 31 floating in

Common scoter - 295 in and a few out plus some distant shapes probably this species.

Sandwich Tern - minimum of 33 prob more

Common Tern - one out

2cy Shag and 2cy Little Gull both still around

Janet had a good walk around today:

Rock Pipits at the harbour 

Grey Seal with a small Bass

It was like the doldrums at the outfalls, absolutely nothing!!! 

Goldfinches in dispute in the Nature Park

Rudd in Heysham Nature Reserve dipping pond,
 taking advantage of the abundant flies

Just outside the recording area, Heysham Moss Nature Reserve

Grasshopper warbler, Chiffchaff and Willow singing

Song Thrush

Four-Spotted Chaser

First Broad-bodied Chaser this year