Wildlife notes

There were periods when the island was quiet and appeared empty with the gulls out feeding. The chicks come out from their cover to feed and surprisingly stand fairly steady in the strong winds. I didn’t see the female elephant seal visit the Jetty today for her soak and there were few instances where all the gulls took to the air. A harbour seal visited the shore with her pup for a while in the morning, perhaps to nurse. I spent most of the day inside cleaning and watching the waves, glad to be on land and not in a small boat taking a beating.

The rocks clear of gulls in the morning.

Harbour seal and her pup on the southwest shore.

The seas by the Energy building in the early evening.

Facility work

• cleaned solar panels
• cleaned furnace vents in the Keeper’s house

Vessels

• Ecotourism: 0
• Private: 0

Weather

Sunny with scattered clouds. Steady WNW near gale increasing to gale force by early evening reaching 39 knots. Daytime temperature: low 11, high 16.