December 27th
After a stormy night, this morning dawned with a gale force northerly still blowing. Matt spent 90 minutes at the Towers from 0815 and recorded 3 Red-throated Divers, 9 Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 1 Great Skua, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Kittiwakes, 1 Guillemot, 1 Gannet, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit (189th), surprisingly the first for the year, and 1 Great Crested Grebe.