Southerly then South-west wind with over 40mph gusts, 14C-17C with heavy rain squalls. 100% cloud cover.
Given the weather conditions it was a day of seawatching which did not really produce quite the potential seabird spectacle we were hoping for. Plenty of hours looking out into poor visibility and despite spending some time in the seawatch hide getting soaked. My birds of the day were three Black Terns, nine Balearic Shearwaters, a juvenile Pomarine Skua, singles of Bonxie, Arctic Skua and Kittiwake. Our first two Red-breasted Mergansers west and a small number of Commic and Sarnie Terns heading west.
A small number of Swallows, Sand Martins and House Martins headed out to sea in appalling weather conditions with some clearly returning back to land. A Merlin and a Grey Heron over the Point. The Grey Heron was clearly exhausted as it landed in some vegetation on the shingle near to the Fishing Boats.
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