Strumble - and another late Little Tern

Wind F5/6 WSW increasing to 6/7 WSW, 0850 to 1640 hrs.

After Richard left (see his earlier entry) I was joined for a short while by Karen and for the rest of the day by Colin Butters who commutes regularly to Strumble from Gloucester. But between Richard's leaving and their arrival I had at least 7 and possibly up to 12 Risso's Dolphin; one pod about half-way out, the second on or just inside the tide race. There were no calves and the dolphins ranged in colour from dark to very pale gray. They were active and there were two spectacular breaches. And for Cliff, the Porpoise calf that was tail-slapping a couple of weeks ago was at it again (was the same one I wonder?) this time perhaps worried by the proximity of the Risso's rather than the seal as was probably the case last time.

As to birds, to add to Richard's Merlin and Great Northern Diver, we had a second Great Northern, again in summer plumage; 28 Common Scoter of which one was female and 2 were juvenile; 4 Bonxies; 3 Fulmars; 3 Manx Shearwater and the single Little Tern, four years to the day since the one I mentioned in my note of yesterday. As Graham says: keep looking!