The predicted forecasts in the run up to today had suggested it might be a good idea to batten down the hatches, so when Storm Callum hit the island in the early hours of the morning we were fairly well prepared for a decent battering. Indeed, a decent battering is what we got, with Force 12 (Hurricane Force) winds making it a tad challenging to stay on two feet at times. Combined with driving rain and a mahoosive swell off the West Coast it made for spectacular viewing... from the office window. A
Great Northern Diver and two
Arctic Terns 'flew' past the North End, although how much of their aerial movements were dictated by actual wind flapping as opposed to wind assistance is probably debatable. A
Common Tern pitched up on Solfach for some storm respite.
Other birds logged on a 'breezy' day included a
Sparrowhawk, two
Kestrels, a
Peregrine, two
Ringed Plovers, six
Purple Sandpipers, two
Whimbrels, 14
Curlews,
21
Redshanks, 50
Turnstones, three
Mediterranean Gulls, 31
Black-headed Gulls, 17
Swallows, two
Song Thrushes, a
Blackcap, four
Chiffchaffs, nine
Goldcrests, two
Great tits, three
Chaffinches, three
Goldfinches and a soggy
Linnet.
The definition of an 'office day'.
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