Some of today's sea action: Balearic Shearwater and Kittiwake © Mike Trew...
...and Arctic Skua and Shovelers © Martin Cade:
And a bit of slow-mo of some of the Balearic Shearwaters © Martin Cade:
15th August
With a stiff southwesterly building through the day and increasing cloud and damp setting in today was always going to be a seawatch day and the rewards were fair if not spectacular. Quantifying the happenings off the Bill wasn't at all straightforward with Balearic and Manx Shearwaters a constant and seemingly lingering presence offshore but c100 of each was an absolute minimum; 2 Sooty Shearwaters and at least 1 Cory's Shearwater might be thought a poor return in the current circumstances, whilst even Arctic Skuas weren't easy to get a handle on, what with their lingering for extended periods, but 12 seemed about right. Amongst the lower totals from the sea 5 Shoveler and a Common Gull through were oddities. Not a great deal of attention was paid to the land but Wheatears were into double figures at the Bill and a few Willow Warblers were knocking about.
