25th November,2015

A reasonable weather day with sun and some cloud, with a fresh wind from a north-west direction.

The morning seawatch produced a variety of species with the highlights including 29 Red-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 293 Fulmar, a late Sooty Shearwater north, 274 Gannet both north and south, nine Eider, 13 Common Scoter, Arctic Skua, Great Skua and eleven Little Auk flying north. Present off the headland were 261 Shag, five Purple Sandpiper and two Turnstone.

South Landing attracted two Woodcock, 22 Blackbird, four Bullfinch and two Goldcrest and there were 22 Tree Sparrows at Oceanview.

Purple Sandpiper by Andrew Allport
Purple Sandpiper, South Landing, by Andrew Allport