• Mon. Oct 14th, 2024

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Strumble – 4 Skua day

After the high excitement of earlier in the week I made an effort to get up to Strumble for a couple of hours before work. It would be a tough ask to match anything like what had flown past a few days before*. Totals for this morning were 6 Arctic skua (4 that I saw), 2 Bonxies, 2 Juv Long-tailed skua and a Pomarine. 2 Leaches close in. A Little tern. And a Sabines gull after I left.

*FOOTNOTE: On Tuesday Chris Grayell and Luke Gravett had the foresight to get to Strumble and good fortune to witness an incredible passage of around 100 large shearwaters (c50 Cory’s, 41 Sooty and 6 Great shearwaters – totals still to be finalised I believe).