a few more cory's

A morning seawatch produced 26 cory's shearwaters, 4 sooty shearwaters, 1 arctic skua and lots of storm petrels.  Another bash this evening in slackening winds yielded 3 more cory's shearwaters, 2 sooty shearwaters, another arctic skua and more storm petrels.

a better haul

A decent south-westerly this evening produced 52 cory's shearwaters, 4 great shearwaters (109), 1 balearic shearwater, 6 sooty shearwaters, 2 bonxies, 1 pomarine skua and 6 puffins in 2.5 hours. Six common dolphins were  also seen.

more of de same

An hour and a half at Galley this evening netted 1 balearic shearwater, 1 sooty shearwater, 7 bonxies and 1 arctic skua.

new gannetry?

A big fat gannet sitting in the middle of the small colony of herring gulls at Galley tonight was shurely a sign of things to come? On the seawatching front, 1 great shearwater, 1 balearic shearwater, 1 sooty shearwater and 1 arctic skua were seen.

a few bits

An hours seawatching this evening produced 1 balearic shearwater, 1 sooty shearwater, 1 pomarine skua, 1 bonxie and 30 storm petrels.