A 1hr 30m seawatch first thing saw 547 auk sp. head SW across the bay along with 262 Kittiwake and 11 Red-throated Diver.
Counts from the estuary included c1765 Dunlin, 436 Dark and a Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 188 Teal, 162 Grey and 17 Ringed Plover, 133 Bar-tailed Godwit, 93 Redshank, 87 Common and two Mediterranean Gull, 62 Knot, 14 Curlew, 11 Wigeon, seven Sanderling, five Eider, five Red-breasted Merganser, two Greenshank and a ♀ Goldeneye in Shutterton Creek.
Elsewhere the year's Great Spotted Woodpecker was on the Golf Course with a Siskin overhead, five Shoveler on the Main Pond with two Goldcrest and a Chiffchaff in the bushes.
Year list addition:
101. Great Spotted Woodpecker
Other Wildlife: A fairly dull day subdued any insect activity with a Seven-spot Ladybird being the bright spot. A marsh beetle Contracyphon sp. under bark could not to identified to species in the field, but would probably be new for site. The Grey Squirrel was in the Entrance Bushes.
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