Berry Head 13:00-17:30: juv Long-tailed Skua (intermediate type at 13:52), 7 Pomarine Skuas (ads/imm), 21 Arctic Skuas, 19 Common Terns, 2 Arctic Terns (both juvs), Sooty Shearwater, 32 Balearic Shearwaters, 5 Manx Shearwaters, 3 Common Scoter, 5 Fulmar, 219 Mediterranean Gulls (mostly juvs), 5 Atlantic Blue-fin Tuna (sightings), 4 Harbour Porpoises, c25 Common Dolphins.
Personal highlights from last few days all Berry Head:
04/09/22 (07:15-16:15)
4 Great Shearwaters, 6 Sooty Shearwaters, 249 Balearic Shearwaters, 21 Manx Shearwaters, 4 European Storm-petrels, Storm-petrel sp. (very white-rumped bird, but no upper covert bars seen!), 57 Arctic Skuas, 2 Pomarine Skuas, 3 Great Skuas, Puffin, c200 Mediterranean Gulls, 19 Sandwich Terns, 10+ Common Terns, 5 Fulmar. 5 Harbour Porpoisse, c25 Common Dolphins, Atlantic Blue-fin Tuna.
05/09/22 (11:00-16:00)
220 Balearic Shearwaters, 12 Manx Shearwaters, European Storm-petrel, 21 Arctic Skuas, 4 Sandwich Terns, 4 Common Terns, c40 Mediterranean Gulls, c50 Common Dolphins, 4 Harbour Porpoises.
