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Hurlstone Pt

Hurlstone Point 6.25am-8.45am
A moderate WSW wind
3 Whimbrel
2 Curlew
Juv Med Gull
5 Fulmer
28 Common Scoter
1 Bonxie all flying West out the Channel,yesterday i had 390 Manx Shearwater flying East up the channel today non were observed, 20 Gannets working around the point with several harbour Porpoise,yesterday i had a Bottlenose Dolphin off Porlock Bay

Re: Hurlstone Pt

I was out on a boat on Friday from 0600 – 1800 in the area between Porlock and Lynmouth. Plenty of Gannets about, mainly non breeding juveniles. Lots of Parties of Manx Shearwaters but didn’t see any Balearics or Sootys however I did see one distant large Shearwater which I’m fairly sure was a Corys, it was about 2 miles off Glenthorne in Somerset. The other good bird was a Storm Petrel but it was off Lynmouth in Devon.