1st December 2014

An overcast day, with a very light easterly wind. The seawatch again provided the highlight, when a moulting adult White-billed Diver flew south at 1038hrs. Other sightings, all of birds heading south, included two Great Northern Divers, 217 Shags, single Pintail, Goldeneye and Red-breasted Merganser, two Goosanders, four Pomarine Skuas, two Bonxies and a Little Auk.

Thornwick Pool and its immediate environs attracted a female Pintail, Water Rail, seven Snipe, five Jack Snipe, a Redshank and two Stonechats. Passerines elsewhere on the Headland included a Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff and two Goldcrests.

Pintail, Thornwick Pool, by Andy Hood
Pintail, Thornwick Pool, by Andy Hood