At a rather cool, drizzly and very windy Kilpaison this morning as the tide was just dropping there were quite a few waders on the tide line - c.70 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 2 Barwits and 20 Oystercatchers. Also 18 Common Gulls.
At Freshwater West, where the wind was really howling in, there were no waders but rather bizarrely a group of 40 or so Swallows and Sand Martins were hawking low over the rocks close into the breakers. Clearly, despite the wind and salt spray, there was plenty of insect life there to interest them.