Some pretty poor record shots of a few of the 20+
Storm Petrels we have had this week. Fab birds and always bobbing round the outside of the feeding aggregations. I had a flock of 6 with a 7th fluttering about, all tripping on the sea whilst three intermediate morph
Fulmars looked on. There were also a handful of
Sooty Shearwaters seen plus 15 or so
Manx Shearwaters with both
Arctic and
Great Skua hassling. Infact our 1st Sooty soon became an ex-sooty as a Bonxie drowned it. Very sad but cool to watch the skua doing its work.
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| Manx Shearwater, honest guv. |
We also noticed very few auks aside from a plethora of Puffins. Gannets were in evidence with close birds giving good views.
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| Ugly Bonxie |
Not a lot in the way of mammals with Porpoise and Seal about the extent.
Today on the way home I checked East Heslington and nearly drowned in the apocalytic rain that fell. Best birds were Stock Dove and 3 herons.
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