The Lesser Whitethroat was still singing at the end of the car park with a couple more Whitethroat back on territory and a Yellow Wagtail overhead the only new migrants around the scrub.
Offshore a raft of c40 Common Scoter, 25 Manx Shearwater, six Sandwich Tern, five Black-headed Gull, two Great Northern and a Red-throated Diver, a Fulmar and the female Eider.
Counts from the estuary over high tide included 215 Oystercatcher, 62 Whimbrel, 31 Turnstone, 24 Bar-tailed Godwit, 24 Sanderling, 19 Dunlin, eight Grey and three Ringed Plover, two Common Sandpiper, two Greenshank and a Redshank.
Other Wildlife: Two Painted Lady and a helice Clouded Yellow were seen late afternoon, with a Stoat near the Crocus Compound.
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| Painted Lady - Kevin Rylands |
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| The 'redcurrant' gall of the wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum with a Green Longhorn - Kevin Rylands |
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