After a busy afternoon, I had just enough time to venture off to The Bill to find a Purple Sandpiper before the sun set. I was in luck as I came across 3 just east of the Pulpit.
There wasn't much else about, with just a few Gannets and a Razorbill/Guillemot north of The Races.
Birds Recorded:
5 Gannet
5 Cormorant
3 Purple Sandpiper
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Razorbill/Guillemot
4 Rock Pipit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Raven
My first Purple Sandpiper this Winter.
And another.
And two feeding on the edge of the rocks.
Fish Recorded:
Ballan Wrasse
One of the local sea anglers with a 5lb 11oz Ballan Wrasse caught on a hard crab bait on a size 3/0 hook. More on Ballan Wrasse here.
Ships Today:
This is the British Fishing Boat NN732 "Clar Innis" on its way back to Portland. More on this vessel Here.
Also heading in the same direction as "Clar Innis" was this Border Force vessel.