Weather: WNW force 5/6 rain showers all day, decreasing force 4 in the afternoon.
Weather conditions seemed ideal for a late autumn sea watch, with an impressive swell on the water. The reality however was disappointing, the only records were 1 Red-throated Diver, 3 Great Crested Grebes and 51 Common Scoter.
Seen around the islands were 176 Brent, 10 Shelduck, 3 Little Egrets and 2 Grey Herons. A Bar-tailed Godwit was among the small number of waders found, also a solitary Ringed Plover on the north end.
Two Redwings called as they came over the island in the late afternoon, but no other migrants made the bird list. With little else to report today we will itemise the gulls seen; there were 650 Herring, 50 Common, 20 Black-headed, 12 Lesser and 7 Greater Black-backs.
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