Around 10.00 hours we arrived, breakfast and a brief look about.
Weather was good, some moving clouds, but generally bright, very light breeze.
Onto the boat about noon. About 30 mins out to sea we stopped to catch mackerel to chop up for chum.
This done we headed out South of the Lizard about 12 miles, on the way seeing many passing distant Manx Shearwater, the chum was put over the side, chopped up fish was put over the side at intervals and we waited for the birds to come in, no time to wait, first came the Fulmars,
Fulmars, all day close
Manx Shearwater, 700 +, distant
Sooty Shearwater, 2, close flyby
Balearic Shearwater, 4, distant
Great Shearwater, 1, close
European Storm-petrel, 20 sightings, not close
Great Skua, 4, about 6 visits in 2's and 3's coming very close to the boat
Kittiwake, 2 very close
Gannet, many
Whimbrel, 2 flew over
Guillimot, 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Manx Shearwater
Finished and back on land at 20.00 hours.
An incredible good day out !
Thanks goes out to Paul of Cornwall Birding who put me onto this trip
and also to Tony and Steve, the organisers
Fish and chips and sleep at a bunk house ready to be up for dawn in Cornwall tomorrow !
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