Saturday 1st December

A cool and wet day, with light southerly winds. Due to weather conditions, the morning seawatch was conducted from North Landing, where highlights included a Long-tailed Duck, one Black-throated Diver, 165 Red-throated Divers, 11 Common Scoter, one Great Crested Grebe, a Dark-bellied Brent Goose and a flock of 29 ‘grey’ geese including at least one Tundra Bean Goose.

Scandinavian Rock Pipit (ringed in Norway), South Dykes, by Andrew Allport