The Day on the Sea (more Poms than Gannets).

Sunny, 15º, light SE.

As the land proved rather quiet today (see previous post) I spent a few hours at the Obs sea watching then several more down the Bill with the following noted.

120+ Common Scoter

1 Velvet Scoter

1 Bar-tailed Godwit

10 Whimbrel

5 Sanderling

1 Red-throated Diver

2 Great Northern Diver

100+ Manx Shearwater

1 Mediterranean Gull

1 Great Skua

3 Arctic Skua

40+ Pomarine Skua (15 past the bill and a flock of c25 seen towards Chesil Cove      briefly)

6 Sandwich Tern

180+ “commic” Tern with several specifically identified as:

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

14 Little Tern

4 Black Tern

Also Gannet, Fulmar, Shag, Cormorant, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Herring Gull, Great Blackback Gull.

 Pomarine Skua

  Great Skua (Bonxie)

  Arctic Skua

 Pomarine Skua

 Razorbill & Guillemot

 Whimbrel

 Common Scoter

 Manx Shearwater

 Northern Gannet

 Fulmar

 Martin & Joe on the seawatch