1,121 Cormorant headed out fishing early on. Southbound 4 Brent & northbound 14 Brent, 6 Red-throated Diver, 4 Eider & Curlew plus an additional 5 Eider sat offshore. 4 Turnstone were along the river with a Rock Pipit on the point. An adult male Chaffinch was a big boy that will have come from well to the north-east of us indicating that some late migrants are still arriving for the winter.
607 Cormorant headed out to the feeding grounds on a dull breezy morning. Southbound 24 Common Scoter, 8 Brent, 7 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, Heron & Red-throated Diver with northbound 17 Brent, 5 Wigeon, 3 Common Scoter, 2 Pintail, Curlew & Eider. On site singles of Fieldfare, Lapwing plus a couple of new Blackies.
Wet n' windy - again. The highlight was an increase in gulls following Stenna going out probably as very few ship movements the last couple of days with at least 250 Great Black-backed, 150 Herring, 10 Kitts & a Med who were joined by 3 Gannet. Juvenile Peregrine had a whizz around early on & a Curlew did a couple of circuits but apart from this all a bit grim.
