Bridges of Ross 2nd Sept 2013

Time: 06:30-09:30 & 12:40-19:00

Weather: F4 W, dry, good visibility generally (sea mist in morning), overcast & warm.

Observers: Niall T. Keogh, Noel Keogh, Dave Cooper, John Cooper, Lee Gregory, Stewart Ford, Roy Teale, Joe Adamson, Darach Turley, John N. Murphy et al. 

Sooty Shearwater: 293

Manx Shearwater: 2,400+ in 3 hrs (pm)

Leach's Petrel: 3

Storm Petrel: 7

Common Scoter: 2

Great Northern Diver: 1 breeding plumage

Great Skua (Bonxie): 18

Pomarine Skua: 16 (15 pale phase & 1 dark phase)

Arctic Skua: 26

Long-tailed Skua: 1 adult (Lee Gregory)

Skua sp: 1 distant pale phase (prob Pom)

Sandwich Tern: 5

Arctic Tern: 12

Whimbrel: 1

Bottlenose Dolphin: 4

Another nice run of Skua passage early morning & later in the evening with Poms being the order of the day. The Great Northern Diver was the first of the season.