At the Bill, the aftermath of Storm Bella was no more eventful than the run up to it, with an utterly routine return of 4
Red-throated Divers, 12
Common Scoter and 2
Eider from the sea. A
Purple Sandpiper was on the shore at the Bill (there seems only to be this lone bird present at the moment - with most attempts to find that drawing a blank!) and a
Merlin was in Top Fields. Elsewhere, 2
Blackcaps were at Southwell, the
Red-necked Grebe was still in Portland Harbour and a
Curlew flew west over the harbour.
One of the two Blackcaps that look to be wintering at Southwell © Nick Stantiford: