Weather conditions consisted of mostly cloud cover with some rain and sleet towards the end of the morning. The wind was in a northerly direction force 5 dropping to 3 with a temperature of 6c.
The morning sea-watch produced a mix of species with the highlights being – a single Dark-bellied Brent Goose north, 54 Common Scoter south and 78 north, two Long-tailed Duck north, 14 Red-throated Diver south and 45 north, then Great Northern Diver, 79 Fulmar, Sooty Shearwater, Grey Phalarope, 13 Little Gull, eight Great Skua, six Little Auk and three Snow Bunting all north.
Other locations had five Whooper Swan north over Danes Dyke, Short-eared Owl at Oceanview, 30 Common Scoter, 13 Turnstone, seven Sanderling and 13 Rock Pipit at South Landing. A female Blackcap was at Flatmere and a Mealy Redpoll at Greenacres.
At Buckton a male “Northern” Bullfinch was caught, a Woodcock there plus two Gadwall on the pond.
