Saturday 22 August 2015

Strumble Head (22 Aug 15)

Time: 0600 - 1800
Weather: Rain
Wind: S (F3)

Sooty Shearwater - 1
Balearic Shearwater - 1
Pomarine Skua - 1 (1P with Spoons)
Arctic Skua - 2 (1P, 1D)
Great Skua - 5 (Including one that dropped on and killed after a prolonged fight - Herring Gull 1stW)
Sabine's Gull - 1 (Ad W)
Mediterranean Gull - 1 (1st W)
Black Tern - 1
Comic Tern - 85
Sandwich Tern - 1
Common Scoter - 39 (8F, 31M)
Teal - 1
Whimbrel - 1
Redshank - 1

Common Porpoise - showing exceptionally well all day - lots of animals
Common Dolphin - showing well from mid morning until 1800.  Over 55 animals in 3+ pods.
Risso's Dolphin - 5 animals including 3 almost white probable males.