22nd November

Cold, wet and windy; all conditions better suited to a day catching up on various computer-based tasks as opposed to searching for hidden migrants among the sodden bushes. The day's only records came from up island, with 9 Goosander, 2 Pale-bellied Brent Geese and singles of Knot and Sanderling present at Ferrybridge, plus 2 Great Northern Divers in the harbour.

The Goosanders were regularly seen driving fish into the shallows at Ferrybridge © Pete Saunders