Saturday 25 April 2015

Arctic Skua at Aberystwyth

I arrived on the castle this morning to find 12 Sandwich Terns resting on College rocks. They remained for the session, occasionally flying off to feed.
Offshore, very little was passing:  my totals in almost an hour and a half being only about 12 Gannets, four Whimbrel, a Fulmar and a Manx Shearwater.
On the sea, a dark morph Arctic Skua was initially quite close in, but drifting north. Unfortunately, when Helen happened along after I had been there for almost an hour, it was too distant to pick up.
Also on the water were six Guillemots and two

Razorbills.