Water Pipit, Hooded Crow and Scaup

26th January 2020 – overcast/rain, clearing later SSE4/5
Rarities
The Water Pipit was again amongst 6 Rock Pipit and 12 Meadow Pipit in the flooded horse paddocks at Biggar over the high tide.
Offshore
A quick check of the sea as the weather front closed in produced just 12 Common Scoter, 3 Red-throated Diver, 3 Red-breasted Merganser and a Razorbill.
Wildfowl and Waders
The 5 Scaup (3 females + 2 first-winter males) remain along with a total of 321 pale-bellied Brent Goose, 84 Pintail and 4 Black-tailed Godwit.
Miscellaneous
The Hooded Crow put in another appearance.