The tail end of Nigel arrived with strong winds but no rain so although hundreds of of birds including shearwaters were on the distant horizon early morning. A four hour watch from 7am saw two probable Great Shearwater south at 8.38 & 9.11, with a minimum of 108 Balearic Shearwater, 42 Sandwich and nine Common Tern, four Arctic Skua and a Storm Petrel.
Also passing offshore this morning 13 Swallow, five House and two Sand Martin with nine Pale-bellied Brent Geese south and 10 north.
A watch late afternoon produced presumably the same 10 Pale-bellied Brent Geese south, 70 Kittiwake, 30 Balearic Shearwater, four Common Tern and an Arctic Skua with another large shearwater reported.
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