The morning was breezy and a seawatch produced two Pomarine, 475
Manx Shearwaters, 42
Gannets, five
Shags, one
Cormorant and seven
Common Scoter. After the threat of rain subsided at around 11:00 the staff went to extract
Manx Shearwater juveniles from burrows in order to ring them. All but a few have lost their downy plumage and will soon fledge, the vast majority of adults have already started their migration and the nights are quiet once again.
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Manx Shearwater chick taken a few days ago, one of the fluffy ones |
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An old manxy skeleton, this one was likely prey to a Peregrine which has crunched the keel |
15 Ringed Plovers, three Sandwich Terns, 11 White Wagtails, one Garden Warbler, 24 Goldcrests and two Spotted Flycatchers were notable sightings. A dazzling session starting at 23:00 yielded two juvenile Ringed Plovers, and 8 Manx Shearwaters juveniles too.
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