Long-tailed Ducks

Flat calm conditions offshore merited an afternoon look off the yacht club. There was a lot of distant activity (Gannets, gulls & auks) but the two birds closest in took the attention - a couple of fem/imm Long-tailed Duck. They remained for at least an hour drifting slowly south and feeding regularly. Also offshore two Great Northern and two Red-throated Diver, but there was no sign of last week's Velvet Scoter or indeed any other seaduck.