10th August 2016

A day of light northerly winds, sunny intervals initially, with occasional showers resulted in another good seawatching day. Highlights included 11 Teal, 51 Common Scoter, a Red-throated Diver, 14 Sooty Shearwaters, 146 Manx Shearwaters, two Balearic Shearwaters, 123 Common Terns, seven Arctic Terns and three Bonxies flying north. Birds moving south included 141 Oystercatchers, two Whimbrel, a Green Sandpiper, 78 Sandwich Terns and 20 Arctic Skuas.

Thornwick Pool attracted a Shelduck, 12 Dunlin and a Greenshank, with a Cuckoo still feeding around the pools.

Kestrel, Outer Head, by Andy Hood
Kestrel, Outer Head, by Andy Hood
Cuckoo, Thornwick Pools, by Lee Johnson
Cuckoo, Thornwick Pools, by Lee Johnson