No sign of the Green-winged Teal amongst 430 Teal in the estuary, with other counts including 358 Dark and a Pale bellied Brent Geese, 159 Wigeon, 102 Common and an adult Mediterranean Gull, 86 Turnstone, 74 Shelduck, nine Greenshank, two Pintail and single Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit and the Water Pipit.
In flat calm conditions offshore counts included 32 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Guillemot, nine Red-throated and six Great Northern Diver and three Eider.
Elsewhere two Rook were overhead, two Shoveler were at the Main Pond with six Chiffchaff and single Firecrest, Goldcrest and Siskin.
Other Wildlife: A pod of at least 12 Bottle-nosed and three Common Dolphin were offshore, the largest count of Bottle-nosed since March 2011. Elsewhere the sunshine brought out a late flying Red Admiral.
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