Interest in the estuary included a Golden Plover roosting with 73 Grey Plover, a Great Northern Diver and three Pale-bellied Brent Geese, with other counts including 65 Bar-tailed Godwit, 56 Shelduck, 41 Knot and 11 Sanderling.
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| Pale-bellied Brent Geese - Alan Keatley |
Elsewhere there was little offshore except for two Great Northern Diver, it was also quiet in the bushes, although there was a candidate for an eastern Chiffchaff amongst with three other standard Chiffchaff around the Main Pond, although it didn't seem quite right on call or plumage for a pure tristis.
Other Wildlife: The return to sunny dry weather encouraged a few insects on to the wing with a couple of Honey Bee and Common Wasp on the Gorse and several Buff-tailed Bumblebee on ornamental Hebe. Less expected was a very late Painted Lady briefly along the Back Path.
More terrestrial insects included Lesser Cockroach and Kelisia sabulicola, a planthopper, in the dunes.
Kelisia sabulicola - Alan Keatley 
Lesser Cockroach - Alan Keatley
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