Another wet morning clearing late on. Offshore southbound 37 Dunlin, 34 Teal, 27 Shelduck, 19 Common Gull, 17 Brent, 9 Black-headed Gull, 9 Red-throated Diver, 8 Common Scoter, 5 Gadwal, 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Wigeon, 3 Turnstone, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Gull, Great-northern Diver, Lapwing, Little Auk, Little Egret, Long-tailed Duck & Redshank with northbound 9 Brent, 8 Common Scoter, Kittiwake, Red-breasted Merganser & Red-throat although both the Great-northern & Long-tailed Duck pitched in on the sea with one of the Little Gulls loitering for a while by the river mouth. A Shag was sitting on the jetty late morning. On land possibly a couple of migrant Blackbird on site plus a Redwing.
Ringing: nil.
