Red-breasted Merganser

New records

30 Jun – One was seen on the boat crossing on 30 Jun by Staffordshire birder Rob Swift, who reported: “The sighting was of a single female, two thirds of the way to the island on the boat trip. I picked it up as I was binocular scanning for Manx Shearwaters. It 'skidded' to a halt on the sea in my field of view about 150 m away. As the boat got nearer, it took flight and flew across the 'front' of the boat at about 30 m distant, in a south-westerly direction, then lost to view.”

15 Oct – Three ‘redheads’ flew south past the Landing Bay (A.M. Taylor, R.J. Taylor).

These constitute only the 8th and 9th LFS records.

New record

27 Oct – An immature in the Landing Bay (Chris Dee et al.) was the 10th LFS record.