22nd Jan

All the coverage was offshore again where 5.5 hrs of watching produced 58 Brent Geese, two Wigeon and two Red-breasted Mergansers upchannel and nine Teal, three Little Gulls, six Mediterranean Gulls, 146 Kittiwakes, 1600 Guillemots, 200 Razorbills, 334 Red-throated Divers, nine Fulmars and 361 Gannets mainly east. A first-winter Caspian Gull was also on the beach.

A Porpoise and eight Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

21st Jan

 Very little coverage. A Little Gull and at least 8000 Cormorants were feeding offshore.

20th Jan

A fresh south-easterly wind continued to provide good numbers of birds offshore including 429 Brent Geese moving east and 13 Wigeon, five Teal, over 1000 Kittiwakes, five Little Gulls, 3300 Guillemots, 2600 Razorbills and 413 Guillemots.

A Porpoise, four Grey Seals and a Common Seal were feeding offshore.

19th Jan

Not much to report other than a few Guillemots and Razorbills offshore.

18th Jan

More south-easterly winds and more seawatching with 2.5hrs coverage this morning producing 33 Wigeon, two Pintail, a Teal, a Red-breasted Merganser, 924 Kittiwakes and 447 Red-throated Divers.

Three Grey Seals were seen offshore. 

17th Jan

Light south-easterly winds resulted in 445 Kittiwakes, 148 Guillemots, 505 Razorbills and 159 Red-throated Divers mostly west offshore and 22 Brent Geese heading east. Two Egyptian Geese were flying around the top end of the area.

Two Grey Seals were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen crossing the road.

16th Jan

Nearly three hours of seawatching produced 26 Brent Geese, five Teal, two Velvet Scoters, a Sanderling, 192 Dunlin, 297 Kittiwakes, two Mediterranean Gulls, 528 Razorbills, 712 Guillemots, 1359 auks sp, 246 Red-throated Divers and three Fulmars.

A Grey Seal was seen offshore.

15th Jan

A thoroughly miserable day with strong winds and rain throughout. A Mediterranean Gull, 270 Kittiwakes and 813 auks were seen offshore.

14th Jan

A bright, frosty morning allowed for a check of the land although it wasn't very productive with an Egyptian Goose overhead and a Firecrest in the trapping area being about the best on offer. The highlight of the seawatch was a Puffin among around 3000 auks and also 14 Wigeon, singles of Mediterranean and Little Gulls and 259 Red-throated Divers. 

13th Jan

Rain almost all day. The only highlights from the morning seawatching were a Shelduck, 161 Kittiwakes, 375 auks and 194 Red-throated Divers.