2nd February 2026

On a seawatch in the Bay, Jay and I joined by Chris Cox, had good numbers of birds although of few species. Moving north were 68 Brent Geese, 119 Red-throated Divers and 2 Black-throated Divers.    Apart from these there were many 100's of Auks on the sea and flying up and down Channel making counts very difficult. It appeared there were probably many more Guillemots than Razorbills.  

24 January 2026

 A seawatch from 08:30-10:30 produced many birds moving in every direction. There were 25 Red-throated Divers moving NE, 300 Kittiwakes SW, 1200 Auks (mainly Guillemots) moving in every direction and 1500 Cormorants and 70 Gannets fishing together on the sea.

Star birds were a Sooty Shearwater and a Little Gull moving downchannel.

Phil, Jack.

21st January 2026

 Jay and I did a seawatch in a strong SW wind which made the sea very rough making counting the birds extremely difficult. Cormorants were everywhere and probably totalled over 1000 birds whilst Red-throated Divers, Razorbills and Guillemots bobbed up and down on the waves making counting impossible.

18th January 2026

 Far fewer birds moving on the sea today with only 34 Red-throated Divers and 9 Auks however moving upchannel, the opposite way to yesterday, were 1080 Cormorants.

Simon 

17th January 2026

A seawatch of three hours with a very light SW breeze produced singles of Great northern Diver and Black-throated Diver, 372 Read-throated Divers, 1222 Cormorants, 71 Auks and 31 Brent Geese. Apart from the Brent Geese all birds moved downchannel.

Phil, Jack.

21st December 2025

 I arrived at the sea to find about 300 Cormorants and 120 Gannets feeding just offshore. After some 30 minutes or so they gradually moved off.

Birds moving SW included 341 Red-throated Divers, a Black-throated Diver, 58 Auks, 44 Wigeon, 10 Teal and a Shelduck. There were also 18 Brent Geese moving NE.

In Dusky Hollow the Cetti's Warbler was still present.  

17th December 2025

 Seawatch for two hours produced more of the usual, most notable  50 Cormorants, 25 Gannets, 2 Curlews, 108 Red-throated Divers and 119 Auks moving downchannel.       
Also two Common Seals fed in the Bay.

Jack   

14th December 2025

 Although there were good numbers of birds at sea today there were very few species, most notable were 142 Red-throated Divers, 514 Auks, 3 Shelduck and 8 Common Scoters all moving SW.

A Common Seal and Harbour Porpoise fed in the Bay.

5th December 2025

Another seawatch with very little of note apart from 105 Red-throated Divers moving down channel.

Simon, Jack. 

3rd December 2025

 Another short seawatch with very little apart from 34 Red-throated Divers and a few Auks SW.

2nd December 2025

 On a seawatch from 09:15 - 10:45 there were birds moving downchannel including 27 Cormorants, 12 Auks and 45 Red-throated Divers.   

29th November 2025

 Today at sea it was much rougher and for two hours there were birds moving downchannel and I saw a Red-throated Diver, a Velvet Scoter, 216 Gannets, 41 Auks, 83 Kittiwakes and 3 Mediterranean Gulls.

In Dusky Hollow the Cetti's Warbler, that has been around for several days, was seen again.

Phil, Richard, Jack.

 

28th November 2025

From 08:00 - 12:00 a seawatch in a brisk SW breeze produced 35 Red-throated Divers, 68 Auks, 3 Curlew and 2 Velvet Scoters all moving downchannel. Also feeding offshore were 7 Great-crested Grebes and a Harbour Porpoise.

Simon, Jack.