3rd March 2023

Another cool, cloudy day with a maximum temperatute of 7°C with a moderate northerly wind.

Seawatching highlights included two Blue Fulmars, seven Eider, four Common Scoter and increased tally of 79 Red-throated Divers.

South Landing held nine Common Scoter with a Grey Wagtail and two Scandinavian Rock Pipits feeding on the tide wrack while twelve Curlew passed Beacon Hill. An unidentified first-winter white-winged gull off South Dykes was likely the Iceland Gull seen yesterday. The usual selection of waterfowl were still present at Thornwick Lakes.

Scandinavian Rock Pipit, South Landing by Andrew Allport