January 7th
With more torrential rain falling this morning we decided to have a seawatch from Minnis Bay. The weather cleared after about an hour and in two hours we managed to see 84 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 16 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Goldeneye (102nd), 5 Gannets, 158 Cormorants, 11 Common Scoters, 1 Fulmar (103rd), 20 Red-throated Divers, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (104th), 1 Great Skua 1 Shoveler (105th), 2 Kittiwakes, 1 Black-throated Diver (106th) and 5 large auks.