Weather: NE force 3 NNE 2 in the afternoon
A female Eider was sitting on the whaleback at the north end at first light and stayed around until the mid-day tide ebbed.
The other bird of less than daily occurence was a Raven which was disturbed from the south end of Middle Eye and flew towards the West Kirby shore marsh. Two Grey herons roosted the tide with 5,500 Oystercatchers on Middle Eye and counts of other waders included 148 Curlew, 3,400 Knot, 600 Dunlin, 12 Grey Plover, 14 Ringed Plover, 15 Purple Sandpiper, 107 Turnstone and 24 Redshank.
Sea sightings were 26 Great Crested Grebes and 86 Common Scoter, while some of the over 400 Brent made an impressive sight paddling in the surf.
Smaller birds still about were 4 Robins, 4 Rock Pipits, 3 Blackbirds, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Wrens and 2 Linnets. The sun setting over the Dee made a peaceful scene tonight.
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