NNE gale. 113 Cormorant went out fishing. Only migrants noted were a handful of both adult Great & Lesser Black-backed Gulls drifting north plus a Great Crested Grebe going the same way in over an hour starring into the choppy yonder. 50 Starling on the southern half of the reserve during the morning may well have been contemplating heading back to the continent but bottled it in this gale. Single Rock Pipit still here and it was good to see a female Kestrel as only been noting the male so far this year.
