Inish Mor, Aran islands, County Clare

Balearic shearwater 1

Manx shearwater 50

Black guillemot 15

Sandwich tern 10

Gannet 100

Fulmar 20

Kittiwake 100

Shag 30

Stonechat 10

Flowers:

Devil's bit scabious

Yellow rattle 

Bloody cranesbill

Quaking grass

A glorious day on Inish Mor, the largest and outermost of the Aran Isles, we couldn't have picked a better day to go. 

The journey across was fairly uneventful, until a fantastic Balearic shearwater appeared in the midst of the manxies! My first in British waters, though I have seen them in the Mediterranean.

The island itself was a revelation, a continuation of the Burren, with miles of limestone pavement, and lots of great flowers, though most had gone to seed.