After a wild, wet and windy night worthy of the Northern Isles the rain lingered through the first couple of hours of the morning but as soon as it stopped I went out, starting with a good walk around the point (and a little half-hearted seawatch) where birds included a single Velvet Scoter, 4 Razorbills, 2 Kittiwakes, a Red-throated Diver, a Sparrowhawk, a lost looking Great-spotted Woodpecker out on the point, 2 Bullfinches which flew north over the carpark, a few Greenfinches whizzing around and a flyover Yellowhammer.
I then walked right round the coast, heading round the north side first and cutting across to the Marina and back along the south coast, birds of note comprised 15 Waxwings (a four and an eleven – a Swedish tick!), a redhead Smew hanging out with Mergansers off Sillhallsvik, a couple of Crossbills heard overhead, 8 Little Grebes by the Marina and 13 Reed Buntings.
On the reserve later on there was a Brambling at the feeders and a Greenshank in front of the hide on the SW side.
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