Still Seawatching

8th May 2009 - bright and sunny SW5/6/7
Offshore
Despite the increasingly sunny conditions the fresh southwest winds prompted two periods of observations (0530-0730 & 1000-1400) which produced totals of 685 Gannet, 205 Sandwich Tern, 110 Manx Shearwater, 57 Kittiwake, 27 Common Scoter, 9 Fulmar, 7 Razorbill, 5 Arctic Skua (4 dark, 1 pale) and a Little Tern.
Grounded Migrants
Sightings were limited to single Lesser Redpoll and Wheatear.