Early morning and back to Pensarn beach to try again for the Surf Scoters. No other birders about today, with no sightings yesterday it seemed everyone else had given up. A little less wind than the previous day but still bitter cold on the seafront. New tactic today, view from inside the car, wedge the tripod against the door and a much steadier image was possible rather than standing out in the wind. Masses of Common Scoter all over the place but difficult to view with the waves and troughs, now you see them, now you don’t! Velvet Scoters occasionally took to the wing and showed their white secondaries, sometimes it was possible to pick a Velvet out on the water, the drakes in particular. At least 19 Velvet Scoters were noted while scanning repeatedly for the Surf Scoters. Then a flash of white at the back of a scoters head, Surf Scoter! Then it was gone. Had been imagination, to long wishing to see it? Scanned harder, where had it gone? Then just as the doubts were really setting in it was there again! The drake Surf Scoter came to the top of wave and a clear view of the white patch on the rear of the head was clear to see, whew! Grabbing the mobile phone it was time to get more people onto the bird. Birdline was quickly updated (09068 700249) then local birders were alerted that at least one Surf Scoter was still here. Birders soon arrived but it took a good while before not one but two drake Surf Scoters were relocated and a good few people enjoyed these rare visitors from North America.