In a brisk southeasterly the sea was watched almost for the duration but, sadly, failed to live up to the billing with totals for the Bill comprising 1787
Manx Shearwaters, 803
Gannets, 166
Kittiwakes, 123
Common Scoter, 57
commic terns, 13
Whimbrel, 7
Great Northern Divers, 5
Arctic Skuas, 3
Pomarine Skuas, 2
Great Skuas and singles of Black-throated Diver,
Bar-tailed Godwit,
Common Gull and
Arctic Tern. The migration hiatus continued on the land where there were fewer new arrivals than on any day this week and only c100
Swallows arrived in off the sea at the Bill during one observer's nine hour seawatch; elsewhere, the
Continental Coal Tit remained at Pennsylvania Castle and 3
Sanderling and 2
Whimbrel were settled at Ferrybridge.
A
Roe Deer was at Ferrybridge early in the morning.
Singles of
Dark Sword Grass and
Silver Y were the only immigrant moths trapped overnight at the Obs.
One of the day's Arctic Skuas © Joe Stockwell:
One of the West Cliff Fulmars © Ted Pressey...
...and our current Public Enemy No 1: the Guillemot egg-stealing Raven © Ted Pressey:
