Today’s mission was to sea watch from Chesil Cove as the
winds were to reach gale force with showers thrown in. News of a Bonaparte’s
Gull at Lodmoor RSPB had me diverting to catch up with the bird in front of the
shelter!
The bird was found the previous evening by Beddington Farm
new boys Sam and Arjun who submitted photos that were picked up from eBird.
Dave put the news out this morning having seen the bird on the west scrape this
morning.
After admiring the bird for a while I switched back to my original plan and joined Dave Bishop at Chesil Cove where the wind was gaining strength and a heavy shower was looming. A couple of Arctic Skua later and the rain set in. Roly joined us later on to bag two Arctic Skuas that passed together. Chris Courteaux joined us as Dave left and the vigil continued.
A steady trickle of Manx Shearwater continued throughout the session with two groups of Scoter and Kittiwake were added to the tally. The wind was howling by the time we all left and the winds are due to get stronger tomorrow!
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