Not before time a decent wind finally coincided with a tide today, just a shame the muscular force 6 south westerly only picked up speed an hour or two before the height of the tide.
Bazzo and I gave it a few hours at Formby Point from midday to 3pm, enjoying a quite vicious and relentless sand scouring, a light passage of terns and not much else.
Still seawatching is all about paying your dues - you've got to sit out the uninteresting sessions to earn the good stuff that flies by once in a while.
A single Swift battling into the wind halfway out today was clearly on the move, but it is mid-July after all.
Otherwise nice to see a few Manxies...but were's my Stormie for the year?
Manx Shearwater 20
Gannet 62
Common Scoter 36
Sandwich Tern 55
Common Tern 43
Arctic Tern 30
Little Tern 1
Scoters back for the winter now, number will start to increase.
Bring on the proper westerlies.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Hi John,
While out walking this morning I had an adult Hobby fly right past me heading east. Also a steady stream of 26 Swifts inside 2 minutes heading south. Bring on Autumn!
Today (16.07.10) at 1.00p.m., Mere Sands Wood 6 (yes six) Kingfishers on one perch outside Rufford hide (2ad. + 4juv.)
12 Little Gulls and 3 Goosanders past Formby Point this pm.