20th November 2024

Snow from early morning until early afternoon left a covering of several inches.The maximum temperature was only 2°C in a fresh north-westerly.

There was plenty of wildfowl moving over the sea with 215 Wigeon, 47 Teal, three Velvet and 93 Common Scoter, a Long-tailed Duck, six Goldeneye and two Red-breasted Mergansers. Other birds, logged included three Woodcock, five Snipe, two Bonxies, three Mediterranean Gulls, 20 Little Auks and four Great Northern Divers. A Merlin was also at the Fog Station.

Two Whooper Swans flew over the Outer Head, a Woodcock was in the village. At Thornwick Lakes, the Tufted Duck flock increased to 37 and a pair of Gadwall was also present.

The Fog Station (John McLoughlin)