Drive 10 westerlies had been at all times going to imply something – seawatching! The postponed Oldenburg crusing made method for an afternoon of staring down the swell to review seabirds easily navigate the gale drive prerequisites offshore. Some of the 767 Manx Shearwater pushing SW towards Typhoon Antoni early morning had been 4 Typhoon Petrel, 88 Gannet, 5 Kittiwake and a pair of intrepid Swift. Issues then moved up a tools all through a stint from Previous Mild early afternoon when a Sooty Shearwater driven north at 1:48pm (first report since 2019), accompanying an additional 1237 Manx Shearwater, 146 Gannet, 46 Kittiwake, 23 Fulmar and a unmarried Typhoon Petrel through 3pm. Turning to the land, 3 Sand Martin ran circuits round an in a different way quiet Millcombe with maximum passerines opting for to hunker down for the day.
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