Yellow Brain or Witches Butter is a parasite of other fungi that grow on dead wood but only briefly looks like this in wet weather.
257 Cormorant headed out fishing with 545 coming in from the north later. Offshore southbound 27 Red-throated Diver, 10 Brent & 3 Pintail with northbound 5 Red-throats, 2 Common Scoter, Brent & Gannet plus 54 Kitts behind shipping. Damp & dreary morning so that's your lot.