Wonderful weather, but Skokholm felt a few days away from spring yet, with a single male Wheatear and the freshly-eaten remains of a Manxie the main evidence of summer visitors on the island.
A good passage of Rock Pipits, though, with several flocks of 10+ seen, as well as three singing Wrens and a startled Moorhen!
Raptors included 2 Buzzards, a Peregrine and a Merlin. On the ponds, 30+ Teal, a male Wigeon, shoveller, and c10 Shelduck.
On the coast, 2 Whimbrels around South Haven have clearly over-wintered successfully again. No Purple Sandpipers seen, though.
Several rafts of auks around the island, with several flocks of c50 Guillemots, and several hundreds seen on the cliffs by mid-afternoon. No puffins seen, though.
On the way out, a Gannet in Dale Roads
Skokholm today
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