Friday, 14 September 2012

New Quay sea watch

Spent the morning at the fish factory, which was even more malodorous than usual. The highlights were two Arctic Skuas, two Bonxies and three Red-throated Divers.
Kittiwakes were moving south in large numbers, certainly several hundreds, also at least 300 Gannets and about 200 each of Manx Shearwater and Razorbill (with only a few Guillemots picked out).
Also nine Common Scoter and 24 Sandwich Terns.
What would have been the bird of the day was a tantalisingly brief view of a fairly distant petrel before it disappeared into the waves, never to be seen again.  Still, you can't win them all.