The stiff onshore wind persuaded me that a look at the sea might be productive, so I was on the castle by 7:30.
A steady stream of Gannets were heading south; at least 85 during the session. Kittiwakes began to appear shortly afterwards, also moving south. For the first 45 minutes all were adults, then 1st year birds began to appear and were in the majority by the time the passage petered out shortly after 9:00.
The highlight was a Great Skua, heading south, close in, and brilliantly illuminated by the sun which had just broken through.
Also noted were two Sandwich Terns, a Fulmar, a little feeding raft of about five Manx Shearwaters, a few distant auks, and a northward bound Shelduck.
The tide was well in as I was leaving at about 9.30 so I checked the sea wall and was pleased to find 15 Purple Sandpipers in the roost.
After a little shopping I went south along the coast. Very little off Aberaeron, just a very occasional Gannet and four Fulmars.
Back via Llanon, where the big ploughed field just next to the little beach side car park produced two Wheatears, nine White Wagtails and 12 Linnets, as two Swallows moved through.