Saturday, 2 May 2026

Sea watches (Poms)

Some recent sea watches (bright easterlies) at St Cath's were punctuated with moments of interest.

April 24th (evening 16:50-19:50): included 4x Pomarine Skua (together) east at 17:20. And 69 Manxies and smallish flock of barwits (x22) was all I could muster...

May 1st (Morning 06:00-11:00 with nine! observers, GAH, MB, IMR, OD, SS, IO, DS, DJH, NW): a steady mix included four Poms and eight Arctic skuas, and a single Bonxie; the latter skua type being the only one I've seen this year...Routine fare but with good company..


Silver Y at Haddon's Pits recently

Yellow legged gull and ringed meds

Juv YL Gull at Watershoot Bay on July 11th and 16th. And some ringed Med gulls of interest on Shanklin Beach.  Watershoot Bay - YL Gull July...