Barred Warbler

Some good fleeting views of a Barred Warbler at Flamborough yesterday. The sea watch was good too with 2 Cory's Shearwater plus several Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Whimbrel and Manx Shearwater

Glossy Ibis

Yesterday we headed south west in search of petrels battling against the weather. Sadly the weather wasn't bad enough so no petrels at Severn Beach. We did see two Manx Shearwaters though. One out at sea and another being rescued by a local who found it exhausted on the rocks. Apparently after a 4 hour rest it was successfully released. The day wasn't a complete failure as we went down to Meare and had good scope views of a Glossy Ibis

South West England

Weekend in Cornwall didn't turn out as expected. First the pelagic boat trip was cancelled. Second the wind died on Sunday so the sea watching proved to be a complete waste of time. And it started off so promising on the first day with Cirl Bunting showing well in the awful light and rain of Friday at Prawle Point. We could see plenty of Manx Shearwater off the coast too. Our last day proved to be better with some good birds at Slimbridge. Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Yellow legged gull and Crane

Skua and Shearwater boat trip

Yesterday myself and Dave Evans went to Bridlington and had a very decent morning out at sea. We saw Purple Sandpipers in the harbour before setting off and I photopgraphed a very tame Turnstone on the harbour wall. On the boat we had close encounters with Red-throated Diver, Common Scoter, Eider, Arctic Skua, Great Skua, Common Guillemot, Puffin, Razorbill, Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, Gannet and Fulmar. The pictures came out a lot better than I expected in difficult rocky conditions on the boat.