A brighter day with variable, occasionally high, cloud with a light to moderate westerly and a maximum temperature of 12°C.
Two Great Northern and 15 Red-throated Divers, 18 Common Scoter and 12 Eider were seawatching highlights.
The main interest of the day revolved around four adult and three juvenile Lesser White-fronted Geese that spent the day at Palmer’s Flash. These are the same individuals that came in off the sea at the Fog Station on 9th November. One of the birds is colour-ringed and has been traced to the reintroduction programme in Swedish Lapland. It was released as juvenile in northern Sweden in July 2018, returning there each year since and wintering in Holland, the three juveniles being its offspring for this year. Prior to arriving here, these birds were last seen in Holland in October. A juvenile Russian White-fronted Goose had also joined the flock.
A Woodcock was at Holmes Gut and a Shoveler at Thornwick Pools. Six Whooper Swans passed over the Outer Head.
