Estonia Birding trip: 2nd full day = poor weather

On Tuesday 2nd April, in the early hours a trip to the Forest toilet (don't ask!) I heard Tawny Owls call, a "kewick" call and a hooting call too. Back at Undva beach, a Great Grey Shrike was seen on top of a small tree again and out to sea we saw an incredible flock of some 100 Scaup on the sea. A White- tailed Eagle flew by and Oystercatcher and Shelduck seen, plus 100 Mute Swans on the sea which was quite a sight! At the back of these Swans, we saw 2 Whooper Swans, there were also 3 Goosanders and 5 Goldeneyes. We saw a flock of 115 Chaffinces on the beach together with 3 Skylark. Back at Saarema Saddam harbour, 8 Long- tailed Ducks were seen, plus 5 Coot and further over by the harbour promentary 3 Steller's Eiders (the 2 males from yesterday and a female), the group of 3 kept closely together feeding all the time near the promentary. The female Steller's Eider again a typical squat all over brown Eider shape with 2 thick white diagonal borders on the mid flanks sandwiched by a dark irridescent blue. Again the tertial feathers were long on the female bird. A group of 30 Siskins flew by and left. On the road back where we had seen the large Tortoiseshell, we took a track going left down to a lake area and we could hear blood curdling screams of 2 pairs of displaying full summer plumaged Red- necked Grebes on the lake, the vivid brick red plumage on the neck and flanks really stood out on these birds. We also heard the calls of Crossbills from the trees. We looked in Kusaaree park, a nice urban park with mature trees where 2 single Hooded Crows seen, I spied a Treecreeper near the top of a tree and a Tufted Duck on a castle moat. Rob and Johnny had walked off but came back to inform me they had seen a pair of Caspians so we drove round to Kusaaree Saddam (harbour) and 1 Caspian Tern seen flying left over the trees in the mid distance. It was now overcast and raining slightly with stong winds so we drove to Saare lighthouise and point stopping off at a Holiday park first where we saw 2 pairs of Ringed Plovers and a female Black redstart. At the lighthouse and beach, it chucked it down with rain so observing from the car we saw 1, 3, 5 and 2 Chaffinches fly in off the sea and settle via vegetation near the car park, where 2 Greenfinch seen too. Out over the bay, I saw 2 White- tailed eagles flying over, plus a reasonably close female Long- tailed Duck on the sea and a White Wagtail on the beach behind me and walking back to the car I hard the rasping call of a Brambling. Driving down some side roads to an abandoned Soviet military installation a young Rook was seen by the side of the road ahead of us. Back at Kusaaree Park, we saw 7 Tufted Ducks (4 males & 3 females) on the moat, plus we had 3 Hawfinches perched high up in trees on the island, together with 2 further Hawfinches seen in the poark later, totalled 5 Hawfinches all told. 4 Gadwall (2 pairs) also seen on the moat. While we walked around the paths, 2 Treecreepers were seen by trees bordering the path. Parking up for our evening meal, I also heard the rasping call of a Brambling. On the journey up to 50 Cranes seen in fields, mostly pairs seen in fields plus a flock of 35 Cranes flying left.