Yet More Birding

Nope, not the Moor thing yet.



Today I wandered down to the Nose to take over the baton from MB and catch the forecast front coming through midday-early PM. Naturally the forecast wasn't what happened, but the wind blew and there were some birds.

[[I'm starting to feel I should be calling the Met Office 'Lucy'...]]


Anyways, before the front showed up, there was a light passage of Gannets, a few Kitts now and again, and a more marked movement of Fulmars - 139 in 4 hours! By the variety in morph and moult they were not the same birds going around and around either. More welcome were 5 Manxies - two nice and close - and a couple of male C Scoter, who came through very close. A 2cy Med Gull and an adult LBB both had a look at what passed for a slick before moving on, as did a couple of Common Gulls late on.

In the sea, a pod of at least 5 Harbour Porpoises were a suprise to see, given the big swell, and again late on the spotty Grey Seal popped up and spy-hopped a couple of times.


After the front finally came through, the weather momentarily cleared and almost got sunny. As if by magic, the quarry came alive with Wheatears! At least 4, including a my first female of the year. Ah, what a joy to watch Wheatears playing tag with the Rockits. :)

Then the rain set in and all the birds vanished... so I called it a day.


That's it. Not even a photo..



Be Seeing You..