Weather conditions had mostly cloud cover with a temperature of 15-18c. Wind was WSW force 5 earlier on then veering SW 4 later in the day.
An early morning sea-watch at the headland produced another single Cory’s Shearwater flying north at 08.45, four Sooty Shearwater north, two Arctic Skua, five Great Skua north, 60 Manx Shearwater north and a further 80 south, 40 Common Tern north, two Arctic Tern north, one Whimbrel south and the nearby Bay Brambles had a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
A further sea-watch at the headland late afternoon and early evening had 49 Fulmar south and a further 24 north, five Manx Shearwater south and six north, one Whimbrel, two Arctic Skua, two Great Skua, seven Sandwich Tern south and five north, 51 Common Tern south and 45 north, two Swift south and a Yellow-legged Gull present off the headland.
Thornwick Pools had a small mix of wader with two Greenshank, two Dunlin and five Snipe. Additionally, a “Sinensis” Cormorant, a juv Yellow Wagtail and 15 Pied Wagtail. On Old Fall Flash were one Greenshank, one Green Sandpiper over and two Yellow Wagtail with a Greenshank flying over Ocean View. A Pied Flycatcher was at Old Fall in the morning.
Whimbrel, by Martin Garner
