9th July

The fact that about five hours were spent staring at the sea early and late today without a single shearwater being logged tells you all you need to know about that facet of the day's birding; the now customary Mediterranean Gulls, a Yellow-legged Gull, a Puffin and a few more routines provided what little entertainment there was during these shearwater-free watches. The land hardly mustered much more, with a light trickle of Swifts and hirundines overhead and singles of Ringed Plover and Redshank by way of waders.