Had a peculiar one today while on Coastwatch down at Worms Head. The weather was pretty rough, blowing gale force 7 and 8 at times. Approximately 12 to 15 foot waves, and sudden squalls, often with hail. A helicopter suddenly appeared below us on the southern side of The Worm at about thirty feet about the sea, disappeared behind The Worm, but didn’t reappear from the other side. Given that the spray over The Worm was well over 150 feet, we were concerned, and did an emergency call to the Coastguard. Air Traffic Control had no notification of a helicopter in the area, so our concerns were heightened that it might have ditched into the sea. It eventually transpired that it was an Electricity Board helicopter, which must have used The Worm as a waypoint, and turned directly west from us, thus being obscured by The Worm’s Head. We spotted him on his way back forty minutes later – again flying very low above a stormy sea. I’m still not sure if he found any pylons out at sea though???