Tried a seawatch off Cliad early afternoon but other than good numbers of Gannets moving W and 4 Common Scoters heading NE it was very slow. Much better this eveing though off the Arinagour Pier with 1 juv Sabine's Gull, 6 Leach's Petrels, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 97 Manx Shearwaters, 74 Arctic Terns, 2 Pomarine Skuas, 11 Arctic Skuas, 18 Great Skuas, 53 Kittiwakes, 19 Fulmars, c150 Gannets and 16 Pale-bellied Brent Geese. Earlier on (1.30pm) there was an Osprey over Toraston heading SW, possibly the one subsequently seen on Tiree.
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| juvenile Pomarine Skua |
Meanwhile, on Tiree an evening seawatch by John Bowler produced 3 juv Sabine’s Gulls, 9 Leach’s Petrels, 4 Storm Petrel, 2 Sooties, 2 Pomarine Skua, 14 Arctic Skua, 30 Bonxie, 19 Arctic Tern, 41 Kits, 51 Fulmar,138 Manxies, 205 Gannet and 96 large auks. An Osprey was seen distantly at Moss perched on a ruin late afternoon.
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