Sunday, 13th May 2018

The sea was the main attraction again today with another good Manxie count, two Pomarine Skuas flew high into the bay and a 2CY Great Northern Diver flew west.

Manx Shearwaters

Offshore 
21 Common Scoters east, 2 Red-throated Divers east & 1 on the sea, 1 2CY Great Northern Diver west, 543 Manx Shearwaters west, 66 Gannets east, 2 Pomarine Skuas east, 5 Arctic Skuas east, 11 Guillemots east, 34 Auk sp. east, 103 Sandwich Terns west, 5 Common Terns east, 132 Arctic Terns east & 85 feeding flock and 3 Kittiwakes east.
 
 Sandwich Terns

Visible Migration
6 Whimbrels east, 1 Sand Martin north, 142 Swallows north, 1 Yellow Wagtail east and 1 Tree Pipit north.

Grounded Migrants 
1 Wheatear and 1 Spotted Flycatcher.

Spotted Flycatcher
 
Others 
118 Ringed Plovers, 12 Whimbrels, 11 Turnstones, 325 Sanderlings and 550 Dunlins.

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