John and I had a look around Aberystwyth, late morning and the early part of this afternoon. We didn't see anything notable on the sea or shore at South Beach, or on College Rocks. But on the College Building we were able to see the Black Redstart seen by Chris Bird earlier. The light was poor so the bird looked quite drab, not sure if it was a female or immature.
Nothing much at Tan-y-Bwlch either, except 60 or 70 Starlings close to the scrub on the beach. We weren't able to see if they were behaving like those described by Kev Joynes but they were very tightly grouped together. When they flew off we went to where they had been and could see evidence that they had been probing the sand in an area about the size of a table-top.
Although we didn't see it, we imagined the arrival of an Ivory Gull to feast on the carcase of a Porpoise located a few meters away from the Starling hot-spot!