Weekend family trip to Scarborough Area 28/29 Jan 2012 Purple Sandpiper 62 (north pier) Shag 5 Black redstart 1 (Marine Drive) Stonechat 1 Kittiwake 2 Guillemot 4 Red-throated diver 1 Woodcock 1 (in off sea) Peregrine 1 Gannet 3 Fulmar 50+ Wigeon 200+ (feeding in large rockpools in North Bay) Nuthatch 1 A few harbour porpoise also off Marine Drive area (some quite close). The local herring gulls managed to get me twice with their poo, just lucky I guess!
Also in Wykeham Forest, crossbills, siskins and repolls were frequent.
Cheers Brian
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