New Years Day bashing tetrads in N Pembs

Some 70+ species logged - from tetrad bashing, mainly in NE Pembs, including red kites, peregrine, raven, nice flock of 25+ stock doves, dipper, marsh tits, brambling, siskins and all the usual woodland birds in the Cych valley area etc. An unexpected temporary pool east of Tegryn had teal and wigeon. We finished up at Morfa Head, overlooking Newport Bay.

Here two long boats racing in the bay disturbed a flock of what to us (from a distance and without telescope) looked like mergansers - there were about 60 birds. They were rafting in a tight flock about 3/4 km north of Cat Rock (i.e. between Morfa Hd and Dinas Island). They got up from the water and a flew a short distance and settled again in a tight group. The light was quite poor and they looked greyish and slightly long-necked and quite sleek. We suspect they were resting (possibly on passage?) birds. They were still there at dusk. Does anyone know if there is a regular flock of sea-ducks roosting offshore here at present. Have any mergansers passed Strumble Head that may be this flock?

At Nevern Estuary at dusk, c. 100 curlew roosting, 7 little grebes plus an impressive flock of c. 1000 jackdaws and a few hundred rooks on the mud before going to roost. A couple of woodcock flying over the A40 on our way south ended the day.