Saturday, 23rd May 2015

The main feature today was a decent movement of Manx Shearwaters first thing this morning. The birds were coming into the bay quite far offshore, then doing a loop in the bay and coming back out off the point giving some great views.

Manx Shearwaters

Offshore 
21 Common Scoters east, 1 Red-throated Diver east, 207 Manx Shearwaters east then came back out west, 8 Gannets east, 1 Great Skua east, 8 Kittiwakes east, 2 Sandwich Terns east, 13 Arctic Terns east, 7 Guillemots east and 13 Auk sp. east.
 
 Manx Shearwaters

Visible Migration 
2 Swifts east, 133 Swallows north-east and 18 House Martins north-east.

Grounded Migrants 
1 Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Wheatears.

Others 
130 Ringed Plovers, 24 Knot, 250 Sanderlings, 375 Dunlins, 3 Whimbrels, 7 Black-tailed Godwits, 17 Turnstones and 2 Sand Martins.
 
 Black-tailed Godwits

Common Blue

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