A quiet seawatch for seabirds early morning but the first five Avocet of the autumn flew close in SW past seawall shortly followed by the first Shoveler. Three juvenile Curlew Sandpiper also flew in off the sea, later being present in The Bight. Also offshore an adult Little Gull, seven Great Northern Diver, seven Common Scoter and four Teal with a Common Sandpiper on the seawall.
A third Green Sandpiper of the year was in The Bight over the morning high tide, moving to estuary corner on the dropping tide. Also in the corner 289 Redshank, eight Teal, seven Greenshank, five Wigeon and a Spotted Redshank.
Around The Bight, 351 Curlew, 340 Dunlin, 144 Ringed Plover, 38 Sanderling, 27 Common, 24 Sandwich and a juvenile Little Tern, 19 Mediterranean Gull, 14 Knot, 13 Bar and three Black-tailed Godwit, six Eider, three Common Sandpiper, two Turnstone and two Whimbrel.
Elsewhere the Wryneck was reported again at an undisclosed location on the Golf Course, with three Wheatear and single Spotted Flycatcher, Treecreeper, Whitethroat and Willow Warbler.
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