Cloud increased after a bright and very frosty start, with light rain by the afternoon; temperatures only reached four degrees C. Highlights of the morning’s seawatch included single Shoveler and Pochard and 12 Eider flying north, with four Great Northern Divers and two Bonxies moving south. Away from the seawatch, wildfowl interest included three Pink-footed Geese, 48 Wigeon, 191 Teal, four Long-tailed Ducks, eight Eider and a drake Goosander. Thornwick Pools hosted a Jack Snipe and seven Snipe. Passerine interest included two male Black Redstarts on the outer head and five Lapland Buntings.
