Tuesday 3rd January

A frosty start to the day with little change on the bird front. The Bonaparte's Gull was in front of the hide briefly on the dropping tide mid morning with a new Polish ringed Dunlin, 163 Grey Plover and 67+ Bar-tailed Godwit also in the estuary. Elsewhere the Yellow-browed Warbler was again in the Entrance Bushes with 32 Great-crested Grebe, four Red-throated Diver and an Eider offshore.

Bonaparte's Gull - Lee Collins