Pom

Another sea watch this morning. The wind has shifted round to a south westerly and the birds were slow to start moving. Although there were long periods with nothing passing, it ended up a decent watch, with the star bird being a dark phase Pomarine Skua heading north.

06.35-10.40

Sandwich Tern    39n  8s
Common Tern    7n
Common Scoter    54n
Manx Shearwater    68n
Oystercatcher    11n  3s
Bonxie    2n
Curlew    1n
Sooty Shearwater    2n
Arctic Skua    3n
Wigeon    6n
Redshank     5n
Pomarine Skua    1n
Golden Plover    1n
Grey Wagtail    1s

An evening dash to Cleadon failed to get the Bonaparte's Gull. Hopefully it  won't give me the run-around like the last two years.