Another diverse selection

21st February 2023 – dense fog then mizzle at times SW1/2
Offshore
A check of the sea once the fog cleared produced 27 Common Scoter, 11 Red-breasted Merganser, 10 Shag and 4 Red-throated Diver.
Grounded Migrants
Two more Stonechat were logged and 11 Blackbird included newly arrived birds.
Diurnal Migration
A skein of 50 Barnacle Geese headed north.
Wildfowl and Waders
The female Scaup remains. Waders included 1550 Dunlin, 1300 Knot, 1190 Redshank, 590 Lapwing, 324 Golden Plover, 152 Sanderling, 50 Snipe, 6 Greenshank, 4 Purple Sandpiper and 2 Black-tailed Godwit.
Miscellaneous
Single Water Rail, Hooded Crow, Peregrine and Merlin were logged.