East Coast – December 10th

With most people being put off by the weather forecast, only three of us (Neil and Noel were the other two) who headed to Scarborough for the day on Sunday. There were a few snow flurries off the sea and it was generally a cold day but not as bad as feared. However, it was slow birding with little on the sea though we did have a Gannet and Common Scoter. We picked up the Purple Sandpipers at the high tide roost and visited Holbeck car park where there were at least eight Mediterranean Gulls. After a visit to Scalby Mills as the rocks were beginning to be exposed with the tide ebbing, we finished off at the Mere with a few woodland species and some Goosanders.

Rob Chapman