Couldn't believe it this morning a covering of snow in October, I hope this doesn't mean a winter like 09/10 when we similiarly had snow falling with the leaves! We were off before 8.00 as it continued to snow, passing police cars and fire engines tearing to a 7 car pile up on the motorway - we just managed to get off it before they closed the road anyway we finally got to Huttoft and due to a howling gale and being blasted by sand we sea watched for 6 hours without getting out of the car - must be a record. The following were seen;
6 Dark-Bellied Brent Geese, 14 Shelduck, 37 Wigeon, 13 Mallard, 1 Pintail, 42 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 10 Scaup, 2 Velvet Scoter, 161 Common Scoter, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Red Breasted Merganser, 6 Red Throated Divers, 1 G C Grebe, Gannets and Kittiwakes constant procession, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 3 Black Tailed Godwit, 5 Knot, 6 Sanderling, 14 Dunlin, 15 Bonxies, 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Arctic Skua and the reason why we went to the coast in a howling northerly gale 28 Little Auk with 1 coming off the sea over land with a flock of Starling!
ps 3 Whooper Swans on Huttoft Pit on the way home
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