8th June 2015

A moderate northerly wind, sunny intervals and temperatures that reached 13 degrees C. Seawatching improved, with 88 Manx Shearwaters heading north, a Pomarine Skua flying south, 12 Sandwich Terns south (and eight north), with two Common Terns and one Arctic Tern also north.

A Hobby frequented the north side of the Headland, with a Spotted Flycatcher and a pair of Yellow Wagtails in the Old Fall area. Best of all, a first-summer Common Rosefinch was singing in the Bay Brambles and later on the edge of the Gorse Field.

Common Rosefinch, Bay Brambles, by Andrew Allport
Common Rosefinch, Bay Brambles, by Andrew Allport