14th December 2017

A day of moderate westerly winds, sunny intervals and temperatures that reached three degrees C. During the seawatch, a second-winter Mediterranean Gull flew north.

Thornwick Pools hosted 35 Teal and a Jack Snipe. A total of 35 Great Crested Grebes between Sewerby and South Dykes represented an above average tally indicative of the freezing of inland waters.

Tree Sparrow, outer head, by Andrew Allport