Seawatching was rewarding either end of an overcast and windy day, with heavy rain coming in late afternoon. Combined totals included 629 Kittiwake (a rough 50/50 split), 250 auk sp and 154 Gannet (both mostly am), with eight Red-throated and a Great Northern Diver, four (1 & 3) late Manx and a Balearic Shearwater (pm), an adult Little Gull and a juv Arctic Skua (both pm).
Over the high tide a lone, vocal Barnacle Goose was in the estuary with counts including 480 Wigeon, 219 Dark-bellied and a Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 178 Black-headed, 65 Common, nine Lesser Black-backed and three Mediterranean Gull, 125 Grey and 25 Ringed Plover, 98 Redshank, 90 Bar-tailed Godwit, 72 Teal, 69 Turnstone, 48 Knot, 10 Sanderling, four Greenshank and four Red-breasted Merganser.
Elsewhere a Mistle Thrush flew over, a Jack Snipe was in Greenland Lake, a Cetti's Warbler was at the Main Pond, 21 Long-tailed Tit emerged from their roost, with five Goldcrest, three Chiffchaff and a Firecrest in the bushes.
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