An overcast and misty start to a day that featured increasingly strong southerly winds, sunny intervals by the afternoon and temperatures reaching six degrees C. Highlights of the morning’s seawatch consisted five Wigeon heading south, eight Eiders moving north (with another on the sea) and 21 Red-throated Divers flying south; once again thousands of seabirds fed close inshore, including 750 Gannets and 175 Cormorants. The Grey Phalarope remained in residence at Thornwick Pools, with passerine interest including a Chiffchaff at the Golf Course Willows, four Goldcrests, two Mistle Thrushes and a Grey Wagtail.
