The wind dropped today and the numbers of birds offshore were much reduced but there were some notable highlights with a Red-necked Grebe, seven Mediterranean Gulls, a first year Glaucous Gull, four Caspian Gulls, two Great Northern Divers, a Sooty Shearwater, a Great Skua and the star of the show in the form of a Great Shearwater but sadly only seen by one very lucky observer. A check on the land revealed three Chiffchaffs, two Firecrests and seven Goldcrests.
A Common Seal and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
A female Southern Oak Bush-cricket was found in the Observatory.