Arriving
at the sea watching point at dawn in classic spring Skua weather proved very
rewarding with the
Obs first ever spring record of Long-tailed Skua. .The Skuas were coming in from
the west, hitting
the point and veering off to the north-east. The passage had eased off by 07:30
but 3 Pomarines, 10
Arctics and a single Long-tailed had moved through.
Offshore
21 Common Scoters west, 1 Red-breasted Merganser east, 2 Fulmars west, 33 Manx Shearwaters
west, 44 Gannets east, 3 Grey Plovers west, 1,700 Knot west, 85 Bar-tailed
Godwits west,
3 Pomarine Skuas - single party of light morphs north-east at 06:48, 10 Arctic
Skuas north-east, 1
adult Long-tailed Skua north-east at 07:10, 1 Great Skua west, 22 Kittiwakes
west, 12 Sandwich
Terns west, 2 Arctic Terns east, 2 Guillemots west, 1 Razorbill east and 6 Auk
sp. west.
Further observation during the evening produced 30 Common Scoters west, 3 Manx Shearwaters west, 4 Gannets west, 1 light morph
Pomarine Skua east at 18:35, 2 Arctic Skuas east, 26 Sandwich Terns east, 1
Common Tern east
and 1 Auk sp. west.
Gannet
Visible
Migration
1 Swift east and 5 Swallows north.
Grounded
Migrants
2 Willow Warblers, 3 Wheatears and 1 Yellow Wagtail.
:Others
28 Ringed Plovers, 110 Sanderlings, 150 Dunlins and 90 Turnstones.
Ringed Plover and Turnstone
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