Watch from 1345 to 1800 hrs in a very light northerly wind. A quiet afternoon with 15 Common Scoter, 3 female among them, and a single adult summer plumage Med Gull. A male Shelduck passed flying East towards Cardigan Island: a relatively uncommon autumn bird for Strumble. But for real rarity value how about a report from a visiting lady and her family of a sealion near the lighthouse! This reminds me of an assurance given to me a couple of years ago by a visitor that the bank of low cloud on the horizon was, in fact, America: he could not be persuaded otherwise. You see it's not just the birds you get at Strumble.
