Weather: E force 3/4 increasing later 5 mist
With a cold easterly wind the passerine movement of the last few days stopped and attention turned back to waders and duck. There were five Eider today with a new female joining the female and 3 males that are regularly seen.
Some of the Brent Geese fed and bathed in Niffy Bay.
Just 3 Goosanders were here today, a male and 2 females.
Unusually, one of the 7 Purple Sandpiper noted fed on top of Lion Rock, although it was not a high tide.
Fifty Turnstone, 12 Knot, 25 Dunlin and 17 Redshank were recorded around the island but a further 50 Redshank were found feeding on the wet shore in front of Riversdale Road (still in the Obs recording area). Five Ringed Plover were with them.
A Great Crested Grebe and Sixteen Common Scoter were the best on the sea.
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