The Yellow-browed Warbler made a brief appearance late in the day by the Main Pond with at least 15 Chiffchaff and 10 Goldcrest also present. Also vocal the Cetti's Warbler gave a brief burst of song near the First Pond, the Dartford Warbler calling from the Golf Course and a Tawny Owl calling behind Crocus Compound
Wildfowl counts from the estuary on the dropping tide included 682 Wigeon, 608 Teal, 223 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 95 Shelduck and three Red-breasted Merganser with nine Black-tailed Godwit, seven Greenshank and five Great Crested Grebe.
Elsewhere the five Velvet Scoter, 14 Common Scoter, 14 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Razorbill and two Red-throated Diver were off the seawall and a roost of 450 Starling, three Water Rail and two Shoveler were at the Main Pond.
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