Wednesday 27 August 2014

Strumble Head (27 Aug 14)

Time: 0600 - 1800
Weather: Dry, cloudy.
Wind: SE (F7)

*** Great White Egret - 1 (East @ 1155).  My second for Strumble.

Pomarine Skua - 1 (Juv)
Arctic Skua - 20 (15D, 3P, 2Juv)
Great Skua - 3
Sabine's Gull - 2 (Juv)
Mediterranean Gull - 4 (1stW)
Comic Tern - 348
Roseate Tern - 4
Black Tern - 1
Little Tern - 2
Sandwich Tern - 27
Common Scoter - 96 (17F, 79M)
Teal - 3
Mallard - 1
Shoveler - 4
Wigeon - 1
Whimbrel - 9
Redshank - 1
Ringed Plover - 1
Turnstone - 1
Knot - 6
Dunlin - 2
Ruff - 1
Swift - 13
Wheatear - 1

Common Porpoise - showing very well.
Common Dolphin - 1 "super" pod of 50-60 swam in from NE at speed and headed off past Lighthouse not stopping to feed.