Sunday, 20 October 2024

An extremely windy day started very wet before clearing with winds hitting 81.6 mph during the evening, this combined with a high spring tide was some spectacular waves off the West Coast. Birds were thin of the ground due to the wind but out to sea the first Little Gull of the year battled south alongside two Manx Shearwaters, 46 Common Scoters, seven Mediterranean Gulls, a Common Gull, ten Black-headed Gulls, 278 Kittiwakes and 537 Razorbills pass.  

Other birds seen today was a Merlin, a Woodcock, five Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Skylark, a Wheatear, a Redwing, 25 Starlings and two Chaffinches

Irish colour ringed Great Black-backed Gull in Solfach © Ed Betteridge

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