27th July 2023

Another relatively overcast and misty day, with heavy, thundery showers late afternoon; temperatures reached 18 degrees C. Single Sooty Shearwater and juvenile Yellow-legged Gull were recorded during the morning’s seawatch, while a juvenile Caspian Gull loafed offshore from the Seawatch Observatory early evening; fourteen Arctic Terns included 13 birds re-orientating back north. Thornwick Pools attracted a Little Egret, one Shoveler, an Oystercatcher, five Dunlin and the Little Ringed Plovers.

Little Ringed Plover, Thornwick Pools, by Alan Walkington
Beautiful Hook-tip, Oceanview, by Andy Hood