Sooty

Two bouts of seawatching today. The morning shift highlight was the 6+ White-beaked Dolphin that spent the morning just off-shore. By this evening the wind had shifted round to the north, improving the bird passage with the highlight my first Sooty Shearwater of the year.

05.25-07.05
Sandwich Tern   13n  90s
Common Tern    5n  13s
Manx Shearwater    3n
Puffin    6n  1s
Little Gull    1n
Red-throated Diver    1n
Common Scoter  17n  12s
White-beaked Dolphin    6+ off-shore throughout


17.00-19.30
Sandwich Tern    76n  68s
Common Tern    32n  6n
Manx Shearwater    25n  8s
Puffin    10n  6s
Mallard    1n
Arctic Tern    1n
Sooty Shearwater    1n
Arctic Skua    1s
Shoveler    6s
Black-headed Gull    1n  1s
Redshank    10n
Curlew    1n
White-beaked Dolphin    1s
Porpoise    3