November 2nd

We met Matt at a rainy Minnis Bay where we had a seawatch from 0700 to 0930. Birds we counted included 7 Great Crested Grebes, 10 Red-throated Divers, 17 Gannets, 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 large auks, 26 Grey Plovers, 5 Sandwich Terns, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Siskins W, 1 Rock Pipit, 140 Chaffinches W, 12 Linnets W, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Arctic Terns fishing offshore, 1 Golden Plover and 7 Dark-bellied Brent Geese. Matt also saw a Harbour Porpoise before we arrived.