With fresh to strong onshore winds the sea was obviously going to be the place to be today but even old-hands at the game were amazed to see a new day record total of 472 Manx Shearwaters pass through during 11 hours of watching. (Coverage was from 0500 to 1830hrs with a 2.5hr gap in the early afternoon when the weather was too poor to see anything). In addition, 31 Great Skuas was the 12th highest-ever spring day total and the highest ever in May and nine Pomarine Skuas and 28 Arctic Skuas were also noteworthy. Other bits and pieces included 84 Fulmars, 1085 Gannets, a Mediterranean Gull, 752 Sandwich Terns, 238 Arctic Terns and 16 Little Terns. Notable by their absence were any waders, Little Gulls or Black Terns.
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
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