Seawatching again provided the day’s highlights as a result of a force 2 north-easterly wind. Totals of birds heading north included 83 Red-throated Divers (plus 9 south), two Black-throated Divers, 1 Great Northern Diver, 188 Fulmar (8 south), two Manx Shearwater, 90 Eider, 17 Common Scoter (11 south), 1 Velvet Scoter, 2 Goosander, 1 Pomarine Skua and 2 Great Skua. Just 34 Shag left the roost.
On the land, the Thornwick area held four Jack Snipe, 9 Common Snipe and a Water Rail.
Fieldfare, by Martin Garner