20th November

Cold!! The best way to sum up the day with sleet showers and a brisk north east wind. There had been a calm spell overnight after the most recent storm, and this prompted some seabird passage with 2.5 hours sea-watching from the hide returning totals of 19 Sooty Shearwaters, a Manx Shearwater, 1263 Fulmars - including 22 'blue phase' individuals, 375 Gannets, 54 Kittiwakes, a very late Puffin, 11 Little Auks and 1147 Auk sp.. A Long-eared Owl, roosting behind a wall near the sea-watching hide had presumably recently crossed the sea and was freshly arrived and the Smew and 5 Goldeneyes were among the wildfowl on Bewan Loch.