Sunday 29th January, 2017

A brighter day with little cloud, winds south-westerly force 4 and a bleak 2c. 

The headland sea-watch recorded 21 Red-throated Diver south and two north, 16 Fulmar south including a “dark morph” and 32 north, 138 Gannet south and 254 north and a 2cy Glaucous Gull north.

At various sites were 19 Wigeon, 101 Teal, ten Common Scoter, two Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, two Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Peregrine, adult Iceland Gull below Breil Newk, six Rock Pipit, a male Black Redstart near High Stacks and 50 Linnet at Beacon Hill.

At Bempton Cliffs, a Pintail off the sea, 87 Herring Gull south and 130 north, 25 Red-throated Diver and 300 Gannet on the sea, two Short-eared Owl, two Stonechat and two Siskin at the feeding station.

Nearby Buckton had a Gadwall, Water Rail, Peregrine, two Stonechat and a male Bullfinch ringed. 

Short-eared Owl by Alan Walkington