The above video shows 316 Great Crested Grebes on the sea off Crymlyn Burrows. In addition to this there were 95 off Aberavon Beach, 19 off Blackpill & 1 off Mumbles Pier. 431 in total at this stage in the winter is impressive. The recent calm weather, which looks set to continue again next week, should allow further greater numbers to be counted.

Also in the bay 1 Black-throated Diver and 5+ Red-throated Divers off Aberavon Beach, with some distant small flocks of Scoters (27), those seen well enough to ID being Common Scoter. There were also some Eider off Mumbles Pier with 1m +3f. Interestingly, reading Owain’s post below makes me think there may be as many as 7, or more, in the area. I saw 3 distantly from Blackpill that looked like 3 sub-adult males and had assumed that the group of 4 I saw from Mumbles a little later at closer range that included 3 females and an adult male might have been the same. At least 5 including Owain’s sub-ad (or possibly 7) is a good count for the area and November is a good month to see them at this location.