Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Brick house, Ynyslas

At 1000hrs yesterday, after the relentless rain eased, a quick sea watch was surprisingly productive with a few Manx shearwaters, very close in gannets, kittiwakes and scoter all moving north. In total, five Arctic terns, 15 Sandwich terns and two adult roseate terns flew back and forth and an immature arctic skua almost sneaked through my scoping distance, so I had to hurriedly zoom out to ensure that it was just an arctic. 

Russell Jones