Weather: ESE force 4/5, after the tide N 1/2
Bird of the day was a Short-eared Owl which was briefly seen above Middle over high tide but was lost in the melee that ensued. Later on a member of the obs following the tide out put it up from Middle and managed to get a shot off before it flew off to the north east.
Three Teal swam off the north end early morning with 6 more flying in and landing in the gutter as the tide made, a male Red-breasted Merganser flew south into the swash and a female Goosander and 3 Eider were noted. On Lion rock there was a high tide roost of 24 Redshank with 147 Turnstone.
Eleven Purple Sandpipers stayed for high tide.
A good count was made of 24 Bar-tailed Godwit, there were also 18 Ringed Plover, 300 Knot and 130 Dunlin.
Other than a few Pied Wagtail flying through the only migrant noted was a single Goldcrest feeding in the Obs garden.
Two Grey Heron were here, also 7 Little Egrets, which is a few more than recent weeks.
Photos: AS, BT
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