Bright and Breezy!

I joined AJG and BC in the sea watch hide for a very uneventful hour this morning, an Arctic Skua being the highlight.

 Wood Sandpiper from Makepiece

On a wind swept Burrowes 100s of Sand Martins and a few Swifts were hawking over the lake. From Firth 14 Black-tailed Godwits, 17 Dunlin and a Common Sandpiper of note. From Makepiece a Wood Sandpiper and 2 Dunlin. Late morning at the ARC from Hanson 6 Dunlin, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, a Black-tailed Godwit and 2 juvenile Marsh Harriers were the highlights among the Lapwing, feral geese, Mute Swans and eclipse duck.

 Sand Martin from Makepiece

 Arctic Skua off the fishing boats

12.30-16.30 from the fishing boats with AJG:

Common Scoter: 6 up

Great-crested Grebe: 1 around

Fulmar: 3 down

Gannet: 121 down   27 up

Cormorant: 22 around

Arctic Skua: 2 down

Black-headed Gull:  17 down

Common Gull: 3 down

Herring Gull: c35 around

Lesser Black-backed Gull: 4 down

Great Black-backed Gull: c10 around

Kittiwake: 7 down    1 up

Sandwich Tern: 262 down     14 up

Common Tern: 252 down     6 up

Black Tern: 10 down  (flock of 8 + 2 singles)

Swift: 66 out

Grey Seal: 2

Harbour Porpoise: 4+

 Black Terns off the fishing boats

Common Terns off the fishing boats