With a small change in the wind direction to SE and an increase in general movement the previous day I arrived early, hopeful of some grounded migrants. Unfortunately this wasn't realised, with just a Garden Warbler, although a Redpoll and a Yellow Wagtail flew west. After the message about the Fea's Petrel heading west and a quick glance at the sea, it was clear that this was where most of the activity was likely to be and so I settled down for a seawatch for most of the morning and some of the afternoon, with Mark and Tracy and Dave H. General activity was very high, with a good count of 63 Red-throated Divers (49 west, 7 on the sea and 7 east), as well as 1 diver sp west (not a Red-throated, but too far out to clinch unfortunately), 6 Brent Geese, 40 ink-footed Geese, 60 Wigeon, 120 Teal, 5 Manx Shearwaters (4 west, 1 east), 700 Gannets, 20 Arctic Skuas, 14 Great Skuas, 1 Black Tern east, 1 Arctic Tern and undoubtedly the highlight of the day, 2 Balearic Shearwaters close inshore east at 12:20hrs in excellent light. This was a Holme tick and one I'd been waiting for for a long time, so very pleasing! Otherwise, a Spotted Redshank was on the broadwater, a Greenshank flew over calling and a Peregrine was again noted. Hoping for a few more migrants tomorrow...
