Long overnight drive (mostly done by Mick Illet!) to the Loch of Strathbeg. Got the Sandhill Crane first thing and watched it with Pink-footed Geese for an hour or so as the light improved.
Stopped of at Blackdog on the way back for an hour’s see-watch, mainly to try and find Black Scoter which Daryl Bryant needed (we failed, though it was there later). Recorded the following…
Arctic Skua x 6 dark phase, moving south
Long-tailed Skua x 2 dark phase, moving south
Red-throated Diver x 2
Eider x c.300
Common Scoter x c.30
Gannet x 3
Sandwich Tern x 12
