Broad & Little Havens

The Slavonian Grebe at the south end of Broad Haven around midday, quite close to shore but after initial sighting I couldn't refind it. Two Black-throated Divers - 1 at the N end of Broad Haven (from coast path), the other from Little Haven point. 2 Great Northerns & at least 8 Red-throats in the general area (the latter quite mobile), a single Velvet Scoter amongst a total of 65 Common Scoter in small, scattered flocks. An adult Mediterranean Gull on the sea just offshore (they really are scarce at the moment), and a flock of 6 small, nondescript waders flying N of Broad Haven, viewed from a distance at Little Haven point, could only have been Purple Sandpipers - they seemed to land somewhere around Black Point but they were specks by then! Anyone hoping to get their 2011 year list off to a good start could start off in worse places than the southern half of St. Bride's Bay tomorrow. Also a Red Kite drifting N at Broadway on my way to Broad Haven.

(ps forgot to add yesterday, a visit to Monk Haven produced only one Chiffchaff at the sewage beds (a nominate collybita) - perhaps the big freeze has had an impact. On the beach a dead seal pup (quite a large one), along with a Redshank & a Kingfisher).