Sharp showers. On the move going south 372 Kitts, 68 Shelduck, 54 Cormorant, 40 Common Scoter, 36 Red-throated Diver, 14 Wigeon, 9 Brent, 2 Mallard, 2 Dunlin, Great-crested Grebe, Goldeneye, Eider, Knot & Bonxie plus going north 21 Common Scoter, 5 Brent & 3 Red-throated Diver. 2 Guillemots & another Great-crest coming past pitched in to feed. Curlew also heard, but not seen, was possibly flushed off the reserve. Are the Shelduck finally returning to the local estuaries having been to Helgoland to moult last summer ? 7 Snow Bunts still here.
