Ramsey Sound

Another six hrs were spent watching the sound near St Justinan today. A few hundred black-headed gulls, dozens of kittiwakes and small numbers of common gulls were feeding, as usual, in the tide race at the northern end.

Noted at least 5 separate adult med gulls in the area and it was also nice to see two immature little gulls on the Ramsey Island side of the sound with bh gulls and kittiwakes at about mid-day. They appeared to be heading north through the sound. At about 13.30hrs a fine adult iceland gull also flew north through the sound.

Apart for usual small numbers of probably local resident guillemots (several now in full breeding plumage) and razorbills feeding in the sound, there was nothing much more of note, other than a fine black redstart on the coast-path fence, not far from the lifeboat station.