It's very rare that a big blow does us any favours at all and today's 50+mph storm was a case in point, with fewer rewards from the sea than on most of the far less turbulent days just lately: 2
Storm Petrels, 2
Arctic Terns and a
Little Gull through at Chesil Cove and 7
Balearic Shearwaters, 2
Arctic Skuas, a
Sooty Shearwater and a
Great Skua through off the Bill were the sum total of worthwhiles from the main watchpoints. Birding on the land was hard work in the blown-out conditions, with the lingering
Pied Flycatcher at the Bill and the 2 lingering
Little Stints at Ferrybridge the only reports of note.
