A slow day

Showery, 14º, moderate W, blowy and cool in the wind.

A slow day today, around the Obs most of the day with a short visit to Church Ope Cove in the afternoon, very little on the land and sea.

Casual seawatching on and off through the day produced;

2 Sandwich Tern

3 Pomarine Skua

1 Great Skua

25+ Manx Shearwater

100­+ Gannet

A steady movement of Swallows throughout the day (200+), a flyover Yellow Wagtail, a Swift and a Spotted Flycatcher and a Pied Flycatcher in the garden (both caught, ringed and released).

A visit to Church Ope Cove in the afternoon proved rather fruitless, however a Peregrine and a Kestrel overhead, a pair of Rock Pipit on the beach, and a single Common Lizard.

 Spotted Flycatcher

 Rock Pipit

 Common Lizard

 Spotted Fycatcher

 Pied Flycatcher

Swallow Prominent Moth (courtesy Loren)