At Exmouth beach today I couldn't locate any of the Little Gulls that have been reported this last couple of days. It seems that this is beginning to become a bogey bird for me but I suppose eventually I will get lucky. However, there were the usual birds that you would expect to see. The Shags are looking very special at this time of the year. As I have said recently, they are very smart with their green iridescent plumage and crest. I have seen and photographed 14 different species of Cormorant and I think that apart from the King Shag that I photographed in the Falkland Islands, our common old Shag here in the UK is the most attractive. Here's a link to my Cormorants of the World Gallery It was upsetting to see a quite badly 'oiled" Guillemot which was standing on the surf line amongst the Kite Surfers. I had two tries to try and catch it but unfortunately I wasn't able to. It really needed to go in to care to have the oil removed before it was too late, It had lost the use of it's wings completely and had quite a large patch of oil on the breast.

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 The pathetic oiled Guillemot.