An excellent migration day with a good sea passage and a large Swift/hirundine movement. The highlight was both Puffin and a spanking Black Guillemot off the Point.
Swift
Offshore
11 Common Scoters east, 1 Red-throated Diver east, 1 Fulmar
east, 9 Manx Shearwaters east, 104 Gannets east, 1 Shag east, 2 Great
Crested Grebes west, 2 Arctic Skuas east, 1 Puffin east, 1 Black Guillemot west, 3 Razorbills east, 16 Guillemots east, 11 Auk sp. east, 23 Sandwich
Terns,156 Arctic Terns east and 9 Kittiwakes east.
Arctic Skuas
Gannets
Visible Migration
112 Swifts east, 3 Sand martins east, 276 Swallows
east and 128 House Martins east.
Grounded Migrants
1 Goldcrest, 1 Willow Warbler and 1 Spotted
Flycatcher.
Others
26 Ringed Plovers, 3 Whimbrels, 8 Turnstones, 125 Sanderlings, 35 Dunlins and 1 Grey Wagtail.
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