Splash Point 15/4/18

I was annoyed to have missed seawatching this morning, however I certainly made up for it this evening despite shivering constantly towards the end. After the rain, birds were in constant flow with the highlight being a good movement of Manx Shearwaters that included a flock of 11. Skuas were well represented as were Gannets and Terns.

Totals between 5pm - 7.30pm are as follows:

Common Scoter - 20

Gannet - 203

Sandwich Tern - 137

Brent Geese - 140

'Commic' Tern - 427

Red-throated Diver - 12

Great Skua - 8

Little Gull - 55

Arctic Skua - 26

Whimbrel - 1

Manx Shearwater - 19 (incl. flock of 11)

Common Gull - 186

Mediterranean Gull - 95