Steady now...
With the overnight weather looking interesting, and coming off a Night, I hit the Nose as early as I could this morning to see if anything was doing.
The sea got an hour before it got too sunny and in a shock development, I was actually rewarded.!
Glonk Corner:
[All S{/N}]
Manx 8/2
Gannet 10
Kittiwake 3
Fulmar 1
Storm Petrel 1
Little Grebe!! 1
Wowser! I've seen Little Grebe at the Blackball roost [once] and in the Outer Harbour every now and again, but I am pretty sure never ever at the Nose. So seeing one zipping past south [in a train with two Guillemots?!?] was quite the non-sequitur, I can tell you.
Speaking of auks, the colony on the Ore Stone is busy, and today I counted 11 Razorbill among the - or rather, over from - the Guillemots, including one making repeated display flights; very mechanical, stiff-winged, and Nightjar-like. Not seen that in real life before. 😀
Despite the 'fresh' breeze, at least 3 Small Copper and 4 Marbled White were on the wing; trying very hard to patrol.
At Home, my first juvenile Greenfinches were in this week, though not able to get a count on them.
And yes, my latest long update is still a work in progress.
Be Seeing You...
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