Iceland Gull 3rd S on waterfall mid-am
NO Chough
Velvet Scoter ad drake drifting in with tide 0940. Why is it easier to find now we have been asked. Fine-tuning its routine and indeed those of the Eider helps, especially noting that the main channel starts moving quite quickly four hours before HT. Clearer and colder weather post-new year as opposed to a lot of poor visibility westerlies pre-NY with daylight at a premium. Finally the difference between it being 0.06% of the ducks in late November compared to about 0.3% now!
Brent Goose - 6 PBB by half moon bay. They then flew south and joined up with one DBB on Red Nab where there were also two PBB staying separate (the originals). The flock of 7 (one DBB) headed south to Potts corner, with the two PBB later moving from Red Nab to OE saltmarsh. Do watch out for colour ringed birds
Middleton NR
Goldcrest - 2
Great Tit - 4 appeared to be moving through north
Pink-footed Goose - 80+13 N
