Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Skomer - Biggest Skua passage EVER!!!

Not very impressive by Strumble standards, but 7 Bonxies & 7 Arctic Skuas passed Skomer today, the highest total number of skuas ever seen off here - 9 Arctics were seen in a day in 1992 so we didn't get the Arctic record but no more than 3 Bonxies have ever been seen in a day!
Apart from skuas nearly 400 comic terns passed this evening, coming through in tight flocks just as it was getting dark - there were plenty of juv Arctics among them.