3rd July 2023

Overcast with cloud clearing mid afternoon in a blustery westerly. The temperature reached 18°C.

Thornwick Pools attracted the first Great White Egret of the year and two Little Egrets in addition to two Curlew and the regular Little Ringed Plovers. Three Cuckoos were in the Gorse Field / Lighthouse area where a Grasshopper Warbler was reeling.

Manx Shearwaters again featured heavily on the seawatch with 94 logged along with 31 Common Scoter.

Great White Egret, Thornwick Pools by Rob Little
Juvenile Cuckoo, Lighthouse Field by Andrew Allport