Saturday was a stunning day and we had decided to take the boat trip out of Ilfracombe to Lundy Island, something we've been meaning to do for a while. The trip took a good two hours and I was hopeful of seeing a few birds on the way. Numbers of birds were actually relatively low but the variety was good with a flyby adult Med Gull, a handful of Manx Shearwater, 2-3 Puffins, several Fulmar, Gannet, Guillemot, Razorbill and Shag.
On arrival, we were greeted by a small handful of inquisitive Grey Seals, with the classic bobbing head view!
We had a great day wandering around the island, enjoying the sun and scenery. Bird-wise it was pretty good. There were plenty of Wheatear all over the island, with plenty of tame juveniles showing really well at times.
The cliffs on the west side of the island were really impressive and also held some good numbers of seabirds with Razorbill, Guillemot, Fulmar and Kittiwake all bombing around. The Razorbills in particular were in good numbers and afforded great views zooming past the clifftop.
Good views of a Peregrine were also had as it slowly cruised relatively low overhead before switching to attack mode, diving after something below the cliff edge.
Didn't see too much else other than a couple of Grayling butterflies. We then got the boat back to Ilfracombe seeing only a small number of Gannets and a few auks.
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