2nd June 2023

The weather continued in its seemingly inevitable pattern of moderate northerly winds, sunny intervals after an overcast start and temperatures reaching 13 degrees C. Seawatching was rewarded with 22 Manx Shearwaters, a Bonxie, five Sandwich Terns and two Common Terns. An Arctic Skua headed east past South Landing, where a Brent Goose was unseasonal. Land-based migrants included a Cuckoo, two Whinchat and a Wheatear.

Puffin, Fog Station, by Alan Walkington