With a strong NW wind forecast for today with heavy rain at times, I spent about 7 hours sheltering from the elements. The first few hours were very quiet and with heavy rain, the visibility was poor. the rain eventually stopped and although it wasn't a NW classic, a few birds were seen including 45 Brent Geese, 3 Shelduck, 3 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck (152) flew west, 3 Red breasted Merganser (153) west, 5 Turnstone, 1 Knot (154), 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Razorbill, 1 Guillemot, 4 Large Auk sp west, 5 Kittiwake, c120 Black headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, c30 Herring Gull and 6 Great Black backed Gull. There were 6 Arctic Tern with some feeding close in with Black headed Gulls, 5 Sandwich Tern, 1 Great crested Grebe, 2 Red throated Diver, 1 Kestrel and 1 Pied Wagtail.
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