Hi all
I paid an early morning visit to Long Reef today (6 June). Once I found a
spot where I could shelter from the fresh SWly, I spent about 75 minutes
watching what was out at sea. My watching produced 2 Shy Albatross and a
single Wandering Albatross in with lots of Black Browed and some Yellow
Nosed Albatross and lots of gannets. There was also a Great Skua fairly
close in. There were plenty of birds further out but there was an awful lot
of heat shimmer with the air being quite cold, so finer details eluded me.
There was one very pale bird a long way out that flew like a pteradroma
which I eventually lost in the sun as it broke out from behind the clouds.
On the reef itself, a small group of White Fronted terns were roosting in
with a dozen or so Crested Terns and some Silver Gulls. There were 8 Sooty
Oystercatchers on the beach plus the usual smattering of small waders (R/N
Stints, Turnstones, Grey Tailed Tattler and Double Banded Dotterels) and
gangs of cormorants.
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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