There had been a fair amount of mid-week action and today it would appear that the winds were shifting late morning so again later in the day would potentially be better, especially with reports of c20 Pomarine Skuas heading East past Portland very early.
Despite this with low expectations, and the fact I had to leave by 10am to collect Adie from Bordon. thete was at least 1 Pomarine Skua which flew past around 7.30am with 2 Arctic Skuas over 100 Commic Terns, 3 Hobby a Peregrine and a constant stream of inbound Swallows made for a good few hours.
Great Northern Diver 2
Red-throated Diver 2
Common Scoter 21
Fulmar
Guillemot 1
Razorbill 1
Common / Arctic Tern 124
Sandwich Tern 32
Little Tern 4
Pomarine Skua 1
Arctic Skua 2
Kittiwake 2
Swallows (est 400+)
Sand Martin 3
House Martin `10
Swift 2
Bar tailed Godwit
Sanderling 8
Hobby 3
Peregrine 1
Yellow Wagtail 4
Rather poor pictures below of the Pom
At home later on Saturday a Red Kite drifted over and 25+ Swifts went through under a thick cloud. A Cuckoo called from one of the Oaks which was the first at home this year. Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Firecrest are still singing in the Gully near the house and one of the Robins now has young.
A walk from the house on Sunday morning to the furnace pond counted 5 Blackcap 4 Chiffchaff , 4 Garden Warbler 1 Whitethroat,1 Firecrest, 2 Skylark so other than the Garden Warblers which weren't there a few weeks ago the activity was slightly reduced. There was no sign of the Woodlark or Yellowhammer.
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