Saturday, 1 May 2010

Multitudes of Manxies

The shearwaters started to stream into St Bride's Bay at about 1930 last night, and rafts of several hundred birds each could be seen with the naked eye from Lockley Lodge. Although there were plenty of stars, the moon was either late or clouded over, and from 2200-on we could hear the calls of the shearwaters all around the Deer Park and from birds flying down the valley.