Tuesday 18th March

Counts from the estuary included 724 Oystercatcher, 249 Curlew, 220+ Brent Geese, 110+ Redshank, 80+ Dunlin, 51 Bar-tailed Godwit, 17 Sanderling, five Turnstone, four Grey Plover, three Teal and two Knot. Elsewhere numbers offshore also dropped with just nine Common Scoter and five Great-crested Grebe whilst the Siberian Chiffchaff made a reappearance in the Entrance Bushes.