I dropped Louise at 10:20 and by 11:20 I was at Turnberry. Another nice day with little or no wind, bright with the sea flat calm.
Several Sedge Warbler were singing from scrub at the golf course edge and 3 Grasshopper Warblers were singing, including this one from an exposed perch:
This part of the Ayshire coast can be good for divers and there were 4 Great Northern present today, all fairly distant. There was also 2-3 Black Throated Divers, including a cracking summer plumaged individual close in to the shore.
There were several rafts of auks on the sea. Most were Razorbills but there were also several Black Guillemot and the occasional Common Guillemot. Manx Shearwater frequently passed offshore and there was also small numbers of Gannets and Sandwich Terns.
C15 Sanderling scurried around on the tideline and there were small numbers of Ringed Plover.
From Turnberry Point there were 2 or 3 Common Dolphins and on the rocks below the point C7 Purple Sandpipers and 2 or 3 Turnstone.
Just to round off what had been a superb day, there were 3 Whimbrels on the beach with at least another one calling. A female Wheatear also showed well :
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