A contrast with the weather today compared with yesterday. A northerly strong wind bringing rain throughout much of the day and cooler.
The morning sea-watch produced some great birds with the highlight being a Brunnich’s Guillemot past, 7 Little Auk, 20 Pomarine Skua, 120 Great Skua, 10 Manx Shearwater, 6 Sooty Shearwater, “Blue” Fulmar, 6 Velvet Scoter, Brent Goose (2 pale-bellied and 5 dark-bellied) and 6 male Eider. Additional sea records later had 15 Little Gull past 20 Common Scoter and a Bar-tailed Godwit.
500 Redwing were inland as well as 3 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher, 2 Black Redstart, 2 Brambling, 4 Chiffchaff and 9 Goldcrest.
Interesting weather patterns follow the next few days which may bring in further migrants.
