Thursday 29 September 2016

Strumble Head 29th Sept 2016.

Time: 07.00 - 13.30
Weather: Bright
Wind: WNW up to Force 7

Common Scoter - 18 ( 14 Males )
Sooty Shearwater - 1
Balearic Shearwater - 3
Grey Phalarope - 2
Pomarine Skua - 2 ( Juvs )
Arctic Skua - 12 ( 2 Pale, 6 Dark, 4 Juvs )
Long Tailed Skua - 1 ( Juv )
Bonxie - 2
Mediterranean Gull - 1 ( 1st W )
Little Gull - 4 ( All 1st W ) 
Sandwich Tern - 23
Arctic Tern - 1 ( Juv )
'Commic Tern' - 16

Hundreds of Manx Shearwater through today & Auk numbers picking up into the hundreds.
Porpoises showing well despite the conditions. 

Many Thanks to Richard Davies & Chris Grayell for the early stuff.