Weather similar to yesterday, with cloud cover, winds SSW force 5 and temperature 7c.
A good mix today on the seawatch with 23 Red-throated Diver south and 16 north, 85 Fulmar south and 25 north plus one Blue Fulmar, 25 Mallard south, four Pintail south, three Common Scoter south, one Pomarine Skua north, a Great Skua south and one Little Auk south.
On the cliffs on the Outer Head, there were 173 Shag leaving the roost and a couple of Rock Pipits. South Landing attracted a Velvet Scoter and seven Common Scoter offshore, with 15 Golden Plover west along Lighthouse Road, 11 Curlew at Head Farm and an adult Peregrine in the area.
The Buckton area produced two Water Rail and 70 Yellowhammer in the Main Dell, 25 Corn Buntings, two Lapland Bunting and 20 Twite in the stubble field to the north-west of Buckton Hall, one Snipe and a Goldcrest.
Overall an interesting and rewarding start to the New Year.
