Tuesday, 5 August 2025

5th August 2025

 Weather: W force 8

Storm Flores blew up a gale this morning but the expectation of many good seabirds was not justified. A single Manx Shearwater and a single Gannet were noted but there was little else apart from 4 Scoter and 200 Sandwich Terns.

 

For the observer at Hilbre however 4 Little Terns put on a show feeding in the gutter for an hour after the tide. 

 

A good number of gulls including 600 Herring gulls were on the Razorshell wreck on the East Hoyle. The few passerines about including the Woodpigeon, one or 2 Pipits and 2 Goldfinches kept low in the wind. A single Bar-tailed Godwit and 2 Whimbrel were the pick of the waders. Two little Egrets were on the shore.

 

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