Heysham Obs
Three well-spaced short checks of the sea/outfalls saw the wind far too far to the south for most of the day
North harbour wall
Twite - 9, 4+ unringed
Linnet - 4
Seawatches totalling 25 minutes
Pintail - flock of 5 out (never seen this species at rest in this area; invariably a product of (usually useless) wet & windy late autumn/winter seawatches)
Shelduck - 21+14 out
Elsewhere
Adult winter Spotted Redshank on the Regent road groyne (surely the 'usual' bird from north of the jetty displaced by rough seas and covered groynes?)
