A
decent seawatching morning with the fourth Puffin of the spring, and 5 Pomarine Skuas
including a dark morph, which is only the second record of this form for the Obs.
Offshore
345 Common Scoters east, 1 Red-throated Diver east, 8 Manx Shearwaters east,
11 Gannets east, 1 2CY Shag east, 3 Arctic Skuas east, 5 Pomarine Skuas - 4 LM &
1 DM in the mouth of the bay, then dropped onto the sea, 1 Puffin came off the
sea & flew
east, 2 Razorbills east, 6 Guillemots east, 56 Auk sp. east, 26 Sandwich Terns, 1
Common Tern and 127 Arctic Terns east.
Pomarine Skuas
Pomarine Skua - dark morph (very heavy crop)
Visible
Migration
4 Whimbrels east, 4 Swifts east, 28 Swallows north, 1 Tree Pipit
east and
1 Redpoll east.
Grounded
Migrants
2 Spotted Flycatchers and 1 Wheatear.
Others
1 Little Egret, 2 Whimbrels, 155 Ringed Plovers, 7 Turnstones, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 250
Sanderlings, 130 Dunlins, 25 Swifts, 2 Sand Martins and 60 House Martins.
Curlew Sandpiper
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