Day 2 was a much more relaxed affair, especially as I had Number 2 with me for the whole day, joined by Number 1 in the afternoon. Yttre Kattvik is the only choice when you want to seawatch with kids so back we went. The wind had kept strong west through the night but slowly died during the day. Light and sea-state were conducive to viewing and whilst the number of birds had declined the views were good
The morning session was excellent, a packed carpark was attained shortly after arrival but the number of observers had dwindled to just me and the Klinteroth's by the time two superb 1K long-tailed skuas powered past about 150 metres out. Superb and beyond doubt, I had plenty of 'maybe' views yesterday! Also an osprey, a collection of waders including 4 curlew sandpipers and a Temminck's stint, a nice 1K Arctic skua and 22 1K little gulls and a razorbill past.
Had an hour and a half after lunch at Yttre Kattvik too. Two adult Arctic skuas topped the bill this time and then exhausted we went to check Klarningen to see if the gales had brought anything new. Klarningen was packed with birds. I have become quite accustomed to the site only holding 20 birds that to see over a thousand here is a splendid novelty. The majority were made up of greylag goose (450), teal (200) and lapwing (350). The lapwing flock included a curious yellowish, leucistic bird. Peregrine food. The pintail flock has reached 11, other wildfowl included the two whooper swans, six shoveler and a couple of wigeon. A solitary tufted duck was my first at the site. Wader numbers were also up; ruff (15), curlew (13), spotted redshank (1), greenshank (2) and wood sandpiper (4). The access track had a big haul of five wheatear and six whinchat.
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