27th August 2025

Sunny intervals, a light/moderate southerly wind and maximum of 23 degrees C. Two Pomarine Skuas represented the highlight of a morning seawatch, with a Shoveler, nine Wigeon, 161 Common Terns and 64 Sandwich Terns also recorded. However, an evening boat trip of the headland proved significantly more fruitful, with sightings including a juvenile Long-tailed Skua, five Caspian Gulls (3rd calendar-year & four juveniles), a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and an adult Roseate Tern. Away from the sea, single Greenshank and Ruff dropped onto Thornwick Pools.

Ruff, Thornwick Pools, by Brett Richards