After settling into our B&B and a good nights sleep, I had a very plain breakfast, took a dose of Sturgeron and left my birder's wife for the day to potter round St Mary's (she just could not face another boat trip). Myself and the Capt then made our way to the Quay for a full days pelagic following trawlers and chumming. Fortunately, the sea and wind had calmed down a lot since the night before, which was good for our stomachs but not so good for birds.
Our main aim for the day was to locate trawlers and trail them to find out what birds were following them, this involved a trip out to sea of approximately 20 miles. On the outward trip, we located further Bonxies and Sabines Gulls, along with distant views of Storm Petrols. As we approached the trawlers, the Storm Petrols came closer and I managed to obtain a few shots.
During the day, we also obtained a couple of distant views of Manx Shearwaters but for me the star bird of the day was a Sooty Shearwater which was following one of the trawlers, this used to be one of my unseen birds and was a lifer for me.
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