4th February 2019

Moderate south-west winds, bright skies after an overcast start and significantly higher temperatures, with a peak of seven degrees C. During the seawatch, 40 Red-throated Divers flew south and nine Great Crested Grebes sheltered on the sea. Six Whooper Swans rested on the sea off Hartendale, with a Merlin in the vicinity.

Cormorant, Thornwick Pools, by Brett Richards