Cley Coastguards - Awesome Seawatching!!!!

Sunset from Coastguards, Cley
taken with 300mm lens in severe winds!!!

Cley Coastguards 5.30pm until 9pm.

Dragged myself along the A148 again! Had a quick look round the House on the Hill at Blakeney and along the public footpath east of/adjacent but nothing more than a woodpigeon and a kestrel!

Got to Cley coastguards just berfore 5.30pm.

Along with Cley birders (RM, MG, PS, EM, SB, AJ) watched a juv Long Tailed Skua going east at 6pm. Manx Shearwater 6.55pm going west and a Black Tern going west at 7.55pm. Lots of banter, excellent company and a cracking evening. Several Arctic Skuas, dark and light phase chasing terns. Several Common Scoter going west, a grey plover, sandwich and common terns, someone saw an Arctic Tern, but I didn't, several gannets and Kittiwakes. I was so hoping to see a Storm Petrol, but not lucky with that, never mind!

Everyone else left by 8.15pmish. Stunning sunset (see pic above). Finished my soup and drank coffee. Wish I could live in Cley! I stayed until 9pm - the ferocity of the sea severely increased and massive waves were rolling in by 9pm - I saw a large shearwater (honest!) go west in the semi darkness!!!!!!!!! and no it wasn't a gannet!