A check of the bushes produced nine Chiffchaffs and a Redpoll and a Siskin flew over. Seawatching was slow with just four Wigeon, a Mediterranean Gull and 39 Red-throated Divers of note.
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9th Dec
Another windy but warm day limited coverage to the sea where there was a surprising easterly movement of 663 Brent Geese along with a Bar-tailed Godwit, 228 Kittiwakes (west), 443 auks, 165 Red-throated Divers (mostly west) and 327 Gannets were of note.
Two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
6th Dec
Gale force winds restricted observations to the sea and beach where 2.25hrs of watching produced a Red-breasted Merganser, 218 Kittiwakes, a Mediterranean Gull, two Caspian Gulls, a Yellow-legged Gull, 291 auks, 43 Red-throated Divers and 580 Gannets.
Two Grey Seals were seen offshore.
3rd Dec
Two Velvet Scoters flew east this morning and two Red-breasted Mergansers, a Little Gull and 73 Red-throated Divers flew west. A third-winter Caspian Gull was roosting at the Point. Three Chiffchaffs and ten Goldcrests were seen in the bushes and 170 Starlings came in.
Two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
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