A bright and breezy day saw a selection of the regulars putting in appearances: 55
Common Scoter settled and 2
Red-throated Divers through off the Bill, 11
Purple Sandpipers on the shore at the Bill, a
Grey Heron at Southwell, the
eastern Lesser Whitethroat at Wakeham and a
Firecrest nearby at Pennsylvania Castle, 3
Great Northern Divers, 2
Eider, a
Black-throated Diver and a
Black-necked Grebe in Portland Harbour and 101
Dark-bellied Brent Geese and 7
Pale-bellied Brents at Ferrybridge.
There are two apparent family groups of brents with mixed parentage visiting Ferrybridge this winter - it looks like the youngsters of this pair would easily be passed of as 'pure' Pale-bellied Brents if it weren't for one of the parents being a Dark-bellied bird © Pete Saunders:
