Tuesday 17 August 2010

Another day of constant shearwater activity meant that recording efforts were again concentrated on seawatching. Some 10,000 Manx Shearwaters were counted off the west coast, with four Balearic Shearwaters and a single Sooty Shearwater also joining the whirling throngs of birds feeding on the water. A Greenshank made a typically transient visit to the Narrows and a Snipe was lurking in the damp lowlands, but landbirds remained in short supply with little worth reporting other than a Grey Wagtail and a single Sand Martin.

There was no repeat of the cetacean extravaganza of the previous day, but two Risso’s Dolphins did make a brief appearance in the afternoon.

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