Squeezed in a quick seawatch this morning for an hour over the tide from Ainsdale.
Gorgeous morning - blue sky; blue green sea; white surf; clean, quiet beach - although there was a distinctly un-May like edge to the south westerly.
Gannet 62
Great Crested Grebe 1
Arctic Tern 19
Common Tern 5
Sandwich Tern 27
Common Scoter 5
Auk sp 3
Kinda quiet as you can see - most of the Gannets were out on the horizon, but like the Arctic Terns, which were closer in, moving through in a few loose parties, they were all heading south - just like birds past Formby Point during Bazzo's seawatch yesterday.
Nice to see the Arctics offshore again though.
Only things that were bucking the southerly trend were the Cormorants, but they're a fish-guzzling law unto themselves anyway.
Several smallish wader/gull roosts to the north.
Grey Plovers in summer plumage, Knot, Oycs etc moving through the surf as the tide turned, Whitethroat, Linnet, Swallow, alba wags in the dunes.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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4 Dotterels on Pendle Hill today, and 2 on the Great Orme.
John, myself and my 2 birding mate-ettes (that's lady birders) also went for a spot of sea-watching in between visits to Seaforth and Plex Moss today.
We arrived at Formby Point car park to be met by the very enthusiastic Jellyhead Jackson who immediately took it upon himself to show us "one of the best spots on the beach for sea watching" and that's what we did - we watched the sea with uninterrupted views of the waves because apart from a couple of very distant Gannets, a small flock of Grey Plover and a single Great Crested Grebe there was little to spoil our view of the raging sea!!!
Still we had met one of life's characters in Jellyhead - good to meet you Simon
Ring Ouzel in field with furrows opposite Plex Moss Farm, Plex Moss Lane at 1pm today.
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