Scoters on the move

4th January 2020 – overcast W3/4
Offshore
A check of the sea (0900-1000) produced 108 Common Scoter, 6 Red-throated Diver and 5 Kittiwake.
Wildfowl and Waders
Five Scaup (3 females & 2 first-winter males) remain amongst 10 Goldeneye and the Brent Goose flock held 114 pale-bellied and 2 dark-bellied birds.
Ringing
The Brent Goose flock held colour-ringed birds from Canada, Iceland and The Netherlands.