A 2h 45 minute seawatching from first light was particularly busy with all birds heading SW across the bay; totals included 1184 auks (estimate 65-75% Razorbill, 25-35% Guillemot), 285 Gannet, 111 Kittiwake, 43 Red-throated Diver, 40 Common Gull, with similar numbers in the estuary, 14 Fulmar and nine Common Scoter.
The regular juvenile Spoonbill flew in from up estuary and landed on Finger Point on high tide, with counts from the Bight including 1051 Dunlin, 156 Knot, 107 Grey and 11 Ringed Plover, 84 Bar-tailed Godwit, 82 Curlew and 12 Sanderling.
Other counts from the estuary included 294 Teal, 284 Dark and a Light-bellied Brent Geese, 100 Wigeon, 91 Shelduck, the nine Eider, five Red-breasted Merganser and the Avocet.
The land was quiet in the increasing wind with three Goldcrest in the bushes, the Cetti's Warbler in the brambles beside Back Path near Dead Dolphin Wood and four Shoveler on the Main Pond.
95. Fulmar
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