18th February 2023

A mild day with a maximum temperature of 14°C with a moderate westerly.

Another quiet day over the sea with 26 Common Scoter, three Red-throated Divers and a Sanderling being the highlights. Also at the Fog Station, a Peregrine, three Rook and two Skylark all apparently came in off.

There was little change in wildfowl with six Mute Swans, a Whooper Swan, three Barnacle Geese and a Shoveler all still present along with the long staying Little Grebe. Cormorants numbered 250 off South Dykes. There was also some passerine interest in the form of two Siskin at South Landing and two Nordic-type Jackdaws on the Outer Head.

Barnacle Goose, Thornwick Lakes by Andrew Allport