A couple of hours seawatching from Lamba Ness lacked much variety. The wind increased so hampered our birding around Norwick and Haroldswick but it was nice to see the 2 Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls had at last found each other today.
Lamba Ness: Red-throated Diver, 12 Sooty Shearwaters, 13 blue Fulmars, 2 Bonxies & 20 Snow Buntings.
Norwick: 10 Long-tailed Ducks, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaffs, c.10 Bramblings, c.10 Chaffinches, 2 Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls & 2 Northwestern Redpolls.
Haroldswick: 2 Northwestern Redpolls.
Sooty Shearwater passing Lamba Ness
blue Fulmar passing Lamba Ness
Snow Buntings over Lamba Ness
Hornemann's Arctic Redpolls at Valyie