Two adult Spoonbill that flew S from upriver gaining height at 9.45 were the highlight from the estuary, where there were also 97 Curlew, 46 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Redshank, 14 Sanderling, 10 Ringed and eight Grey Plover, six Knot, four Red-breasted Merganser, two Dunlin, two Greenshank and a Whimbrel at high tide.
Offshore there were at least 43 Sandwich Tern with seven Red-throated and five Great Northern Diver, five Common Scoter, five Great Crested Grebe, two Fulmar and a 3CY Mediterranean Gull.
Elsewhere the second Purple Sandpiper of the year was at Langstone Rock, the Red-legged Partridge and a Wheatear were on Warren Point and at least three Willow Warbler were on site.
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