Richard Lorand and I completed a 2 hour sea watch, not expecting much with the wind having gone to westerly today, but thought we would see little auks returning north along the breakers (calm sea,so not really breakers).
Little auk 4>S middle distance out and 10>N, mainly along breakers, as anticipated. Guillemot 1>N Puffin 1>N Slavonian grebe 1drifting >N just beyond breakers Great-crested grebe 4>S Eider 7 Shelduck 5 Goldeneye 9 Wigeon 11 Teal 10 Common scoter 405 Mallard 1 Brent goose 3>N Cormorant 10 Gannet 1>S
Blackbird small parties coming in off sea Starling .................................................. Lapwing 9 ........................... Grey wagtail 1>N
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