Tried two seawatches this afternoon in SW 4-5 winds, firstly off Arinagour where the highlights of an hour were 6 Sooty Shearwaters amongst 36 Manxies and then off Cliad where the only birds of significance were 2 Storm Petrels. There was however a Pectoral Sandpiper in a huddle with 2 Curlews and a Barwit on the golf course there sheltering from the storm.
Meanwhile, over on Tiree the Nightingale was still present on 5th and John Bowler had two successful seawatches off Aird with highlights being 12 Leach’s Petrels, 9 Sooties, 10 Arctic Skuas and 21 Bonxies on the evening of 6th and a juvenile Sabine’s Gull, 1 Leach’s Petrel & 5 Sooty Shearwaters on the morning of 7th. Many thanks to John Bowler for the Tiree update.
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