Weather: ESE 1-2 vis 5 mls with drizzle early.
Christmas day was a good day for marine mammals, not unusual
was the West Hoyle haul out of 42 Grey Seal, but a young Common Seal was out on
the North End and was extremely tame, at times resting in the typical Common
Seal pose, when photographed again later it wasn’t clear whether it was injured
or had just eaten a big fish!
It was a surprise then to find a second Common
out on the rocks at the South end.
During a brief sea watch a Bottlenose Dolphin
was seen at the mouth of the estuary and a Harbour Porpoise with calf in the
Swash.
The sea watch only produced 163 Common Scoter, 4
Red-throated Diver and 26 Great Crested Grebe, the Eider and 160 Brent Geese
were also noted.
Seven Purple Sandpiper were present,
.............and other waders
included 34 Sanderling, 40 Grey Plover,48 Ringed Plover, a Bar-tailed Godwit
and 700 Dunlin. A little Egret and 3 Grey Heron were around the islands.
A Rock Pipit appeared briefly at the North End and a couple
of Christmas Robins seemed to have joined the locals.
photos AS
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