The Sea Watch(ers)

I'm no van Rijn, but sometimes a photo just works.

The Teacher and The Murphys

[Yes, that is Steph seawatching freely and of her own will.! ;) ]

[[Even staying out in the rain....]]

 

[[[Ok, she spent most time chasing Hummingbird Hawkmoths with her Great Big Humungous Camera Of Shootyness*, {and said moffs clearly like her far more than me} ::deep breath:: but she did seawatch as clear photographic evidence shows.

Done it here once, now time for Porthgwarra, right? ;) ]]]

Ahem.

Thus it was at the Nose on Sunday morning, with 3.5 hours watched from out on The End, and yes it even rained quite hard on us.

[I had defied the weather in the hope of prompting this and got a bit soggy, but cared not!]

We had some numbers, and some of those even got themselves recorded;

[All S unless stated]

Balearics  79

Manxies  15

Med Gulls  11

BHG  14

Guillemots  2 [on the sea]

Fulmar  9

Kittiwakes  650+ [~650 on the sea when we arrived, eventually dispersing**, and a passage after]

C Scoter  3N/3S [quite likely same 3 birds messing about]

Gannets  [passing in low but steady numbers]

Whimbrel  2

Flew in just to pose

for the camera, darling!

Two pods of Bottlenose Dolphin offshore, at least 5 in one, 4 in the other [and likely a lot more in both] and a pod of Common Dolphin closer inshore, at least 4 and probably more;

"No, no, no,

I'm supposed to be in 

front for the group photo!"

** Look at this. Those white things are all Kittiwakes [ok, there's 1 adult Med Gull, too...]

Just a fraction

Also of note,

'Pilgrim' cutting it a

little finer than anglers,

and perhaps owner, would like!

Finally hit a flyover Fulmar!

They've done it again!

The world's hardest Oystercatchers have fledged two juveniles :D

Here we have one of the Mighty Two - in heavy moult - with said kids [note juvs' grey legs and neat plumage].

 

It wasn't just Steph looking at bugs, and as these were on a Rock Samphire right by me....

Holy nectar-sippers!

The Batman Hoverfly, in full Adam West mode  :D

 

The commonest,

most boringest,

 

and yet most variable

of hoverflies...

Despite the lack of desired species [for me at least, Balearics were wanted by everyone else!], it was a good morning, not least due to much of the Uusal Suspects being present together for once!

Be Seeing You...

[[* Have you seen her twitter? No??? Then go and be suitably amazed. ]]