The wind picked up again after yesterday allowing for some excellent seawatching from the Obs, North End and South End. A total of 680 Gannets, 13 Arctic Skuas, eight Great Skuas, four juvenile Long-tailed Skuas, 9023 Kittiwakes, one Sandwich Tern, four Balearic Shearwaters, a juvenile Sabine's Gull. One of the Arctic Skuas was a dark morph juvenile which was found exhausted sitting on the beach in Henllwyn. 

The Red-eyed Vireo was seen again in the Obs garden in the afternoon once the wind had dropped slightly. The Snow Bunting was still sheltering amongst the rocks on the South End and a Spotted Flycatcher was seen at Ty Bach. Swallow passage has also picked up a bit with 134 seen today, 95 were over the South End in the morning.

Rock Pipit

Purple Sandpipers and Turnstones

Birds today: 680 Gannets, four Balearic Shearwaters, two Grey Herons, 19 Common Scoters, one Sparrowhawk, two Golden Plovers, six Purple Sandpipers, 39 Curlews, five Redshanks, 23 Turnstones, 13 Arctic Skuas, four Long-tailed Skuas, eight Great Skuas, two Mediterranean Gulls, 212 Black-headed Gulls, one Sabine's Gull, 9023 Kittiwakes, one Sandwich Tern, 56 Guillemots, 2242 Razorbills, five Collared Doves, one Great Spotted Woodpecker, three Skylarks, 134 Swallows, two House Martins, four White Wagtails, two Wheatears, seven Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, eight Goldcrests, one Spotted Flycatcher, one Snow Bunting, one Red-eyed Vireo