Nothing out of the ordinary to report this week but there has been some interest in the harbour/island area with a female Eider taking up residence, 3 Purple sandpipers at the Porthmeor end of the island and a regular high tide roost of Dunlin on the rocks just to the North of Bamaluz.

Great northern divers are becoming more visible with a bird quite close to the island this afternoon but it proved difficult to photograph as it would dive at just the wrong moment and then resurface too far away. i have found it problematic photographing birds on the sea. If the light is wrong from where you are standing then you just have to take pot luck as it's not like you can get the other side of the subject without a boat.

A male Kestrel has become a familiar sight hunting around the island