Terns and Puffins, not many Gannets But at least the porpoises turned up for the Photo ID group!

I arrived at Strumble at around 10.30 which at about two hours after high water, i reckoned should be OK for the porpoises with a few Gannet sightings to add to my survey. The Gannets were few and far between for the first half hour and a gnarly sea made finding Porpoises difficult. Just before the Photo ID team arrived I started getting glimpses of Porpoises, but they were in or on the edge of the developing tide race which with wind against tide made things extra gnarly. The team arrived and I ended up ignoring the odd Gannet and helping a new work experience youngster Abbie to see her first porpoises. It took a while, but she kept at it and by the time i left she was spotting them well. Interesting birds included two Common Terns and three Puffins, all heading west.