My plans to get out and blitz the new patch for New Year's Day were variously scuppered, mainly by the weather, and my coverage amounted to a short seawatch and a high tide wader count. The sea produced a couple of nice surprises, namely two westbound
Bonxies and a
Fulmar. Other bits included 11
Red-throated Divers, six
Red-breasted Mergansers, 22
Gannets and 26
Kittiwakes. At high tide, 230
Dunlin, 57
Ringed Plovers, 10
Grey Plovers and 25
Sanderlings arrived in the roost field.