The wind blew, so did the rain, and I got myself to the Nose for a proper seawatch at laaaast!
Love a good Sarnie
The weather was a bit variable, and the passage was, too. Behold a few scenery shots, in chronological order;
Weather shifting from blasting hail to blazing sun, mostly sideways light rain. Interesting times! :)
Now the obligatory horrid gull shot;
Gull comparison,
2cy Common and 3cy Herring
One of these birds is
not like the others
Numbers.
Numbers! Actual numbers from a seawatch! Woo!
Ahem.
So, yes;
Glonk Corner. 5hrs
All S or S/N unless stated.
Sooty! 1 [1053]
Balearic 1 [1118]
Manx 176
Bonxie 1 [1204]
Sandwich Tern 1 [1437]
Gannet 247
Kittiwake 117
Fulmar 100
Puffin 2 [1115, 1537]
Razorbill 8
Guillemot 15
LBB 4
Common Gull 18
Probably should have cut it shorter, [most passage in the first two hours] and definitely would have been nice to get there earlier {ahem} but that Sarnie [in blazing sunshine and almost no passage] lured me into giving it 'just one more hour', and then the second Puffin [much closer than the first] eventually turned up!
Also 2 GND, 1 GCG, 11+ Guillemot, 1 Grey Seal on the sea, 19+ Common Gull on the slick, 1 Wheatear, 1 Turnstone, 6 Oyk in the Quarry.
After being cautious over the whole 'recovering from plague' issue, it was great to be out, huddled from the rain and cursing the scope-shaking wind.... Seawatching! :D
Right, when can we do this again?
Be Seeing You...
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