16th May 2024

Generally overcast with spells of rain and a sea fret during the middle of the day, the latter driven ashore by a blustery northerly wind; temperatures reached 13 degrees C. Over recent days there has been a lot of publicity regarding significant declines of Guillemots in UK colonies. So it was interesting that a two-hour seawatch produced 54,000 Guillemots and 36,000 Razorbills moving north; a Great Northern Diver and a Manx Shearwater also headed in the same direction. Five Shoveler and a Wood Sandpiper were on the outer head, along with a lone White Wagtail.

Sedge Warbler, by Andrew Allport