Weather: WSW force 1, W 1 by noon.
A Sparrowhawk zipped through the obs garden and landed briefly on the fence allowing for a poor photo taken through a dirty window!
A Shag and a Red-throated Diver swam off the west side, probably the same ones as recorded last week. The Purple Sandpiper count increased to 23 (highest so far this winter?) in 3 separate roosts.
Roosting the tide in Niffy bay were 170 Turnstone and 77 Redshank, while after the tide 140 Knot and 200 Dunlin joined them feeding off the east side. Other wader counts included 384 Curlew, 5,000 Oystercatchers and just 2 Grey Plover. About 300 Brent are still present, 12 Scoter were seen and 2 Eider drifted by the island. Single Rock Pipit and Song Thrush were seen also 5 Wrens and 4 Blackbirds.
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