28 December, 2020

Good variety seen in around the patch this morning with the highlights being 2 Velvet Scoter moving west (09:20) and further along the coast at Elmer/Middleton a Slavonian Grebe and a Merlin reported, lots of birds sadly moving distantly offshore. 

Velvet Scoter - 2W
Great-northern Diver - 2W
Red-throated Diver - 4W 1E
Diver sp -3W 1E
Med Gull - 15E 9W
Gannet - 25W
Brent Geese - 17E 10W
Shag - 1W
Teal - 23W
Shelduck - 1W
Red-breasted Merganser - 25 offshore
Great-crested Grebe - 1W
Oystercatcher - 12
Dunlin - 3W
Sanderling 2E 
Buzzard - 2
Pied Wagtail - 7
Meadow Pipit - 1
Skylark - 4
Jay - 1