Weather: NNE force 4/5, WNW 6 by midday rain with poor visibility
Poor visibility and rain persisted over the tide but at
least 43 Manx Shearwater went west passed the north end with some then going
into the swash to the west of the island.
It was whilst trying to photograph some of these that a Arctic
Skua was spotted . A flock of 22 Scoter also went west and a Razorbill was off
the north end, while 18 Gannets were also on the sea. There was a roost of over 300 terns (mostly Sandwich) on
the east hoyle after tide including 14 juveniles, plus many more still travelling up
and down the swash to feed young not yet fledged.
The 3 Raven again appeared
late afternoon with a juvenile being enticed into taking flying lessons with
tasty morsels.
In these conditions few of the landbirds were seen, but the Whitethroat was not phased and continued to sing, and both Red Admiral and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies flew..
photos AS
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