Very quiet. A Chiffchaff, two Firecrests and 16 Goldcrests were seen in the Trapping Area and 100 Gannets were feeding offshore.
Two Grey Seals were also feeding offshore.
29th Nov
A fairly miserable day of wind and rain with a trickle of birds passing west this morning including two Red-breasted Mergansers, 64 Kittiwakes, a Little Gull and two Fulmars and four Caspian Gulls were feeding offshore.
Five Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
28th Nov
Seawatching produced a Pink-footed Goose passing east along with four Velvet Scoters, 24 Common Scoters, 211 Kittiwakes, two Mediterranean Gulls, over 2000 auks and 90 Red-throated Divers. Long-eared Owl and a Kingfisher were seen at the Long Pits, Eight Chiffchaffs, four Firecrests and 37 Goldcrests were seen in the bushes and 40 Meadow Pipits, 63 Goldfinches and seven Siskins flew over.
Two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
27th Nov
A very quiet day. Just two Merlins, five Chiffchaffs, a Firecrest and 26 Goldcrests seen on the land. Offshore, 158 Kittiwakes and a Sandwich Tern flew west and seven Mediterranean Gulls flew east.
Two Grey Seals were feeding offshore,
26th Nov
There was a small arrival of migrants in the bushes this morning with a Woodcock, two Snipe, 20 Chiffchaffs, nine Firecrests, 37 Goldcrests, two Fieldfares, a Redwing and two Song Thrushes of note. In addition, 40 Stock Doves, 730 Starlings, 16 Chaffinches, five Redpolls and 13 Siskins passed overhead.
A Brown Hare was seen.
25th Nov
Quiet. Two Egyptian Geese, a Woodcock, two Snipe, a Merlin, seven Chiffchaffs, a Firecrest, 19 Goldcrests and a Siskin were seen on the land. Seawatching produced 16 Teal, two Tufted Ducks and 777 auks.
24th Nov
Fairly quiet with seawatching producing 132 Kittiwakes, five Mediterranean Gulls, two Sandwich Terns, 828 auks and 76 Red-throated Divers. A Woodcock, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, nine Chiffchaffs, two Firecrests, 26 Goldcrests, 32 Chaffinches, two Redpolls and a Siskin were seen on the land.
23rd Nov
Stormy weather failed to bring very much offshore with over three hours of watching producing just 112 Kittiwakes, a Little Gull, a Mediterranean Gull, a Great Skua and 647 Gannets. Three Chiffchaffs and a Firecrest were seen in the Trapping Area.
Two Grey Seals were seen.
22nd Nov
Four Teal, three Velvet Scoters, 37 Kittiwakes, three Sandwich Terns, two Fulmars, 400 Gannets and a Shag were seen offshore and a first-winter Caspian Gull was among a small group of roosting gulls at the Point. Two Firecrests were seen in the Trapping Area.
Three Grey Seals and two Common Seals were feeding offshore.
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