Friday 24 August 2012

Strumble Head (24 Aug 12)

Time: 0600 - 1700
Weather: Cloudy, showers.
Wind: SSE (F5-7)

Sooty Shearwater - 2
Balearic Shearwater - 5
Great Skua - 4
Arctic Skua - 10 (2D, 8P)
Pomarine Skua - 1 (J)
Sabine's Gull - 1 (Ad Sum)
Mediterranean Gull - 1 (1st W)
Comic Tern - 125
Roseate Tern - 2
Black Tern - 2
Sandwich Tern - 8
Common Scoter - 39 (12F, 27M)
Whimbrel - 6
Black Tailed Godwit - 1
Dunlin - 11
Ringed Plover - 4
Sanderling - 4
Grey Phalarope - 1

Common Porpoise - showing exceptionally well for most of day.  Estimate at least 100 animals.