A stiff WNW wind saw Lisa and I take turns on an early morning seawatch at the hide on the north end. The totals from our few hours staring out to sea were
Great northern diver - 3 (first of autumn)
Great skua - 6
Arctic skua - 3
Manx shearwater - 9 (will these be the last we see this year?!)
Common scoter - 24
Black-headed gull - 44
Mediterranean gull - 4 (2 ad winter, 2 1st winter)
Gannet - 250+
Auks (mainly razorbills) - 6,460+
Kittiwake - 2,800+Pretty quiet on land today - 11 redwing, 1 fieldfare, 5 song thrush, 1 chiffchaff, 150 starlings, 1 snipe, 2 lapwing, 1 goldfinch, 2 blue tits and 2 great tits of note