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I spent most the day sea watching in the company of TG,MH,BB,PT. apart from an hour spent in the trapping area where I missed a Wood Warbler and a Montagu's Harrier which I missed by seconds.
The sea watching was predictably slow with leaden skies and light northerly winds, but a steady passage of Terns and some waders kept the interest going just!
Red-throated Diver: 1E
Black-throated Diver: 1E
Fulmar: 7E
Gannet: 207E
Common Scoter: 244E
Shelduck: 3E
Garganey: 1E
Knot: 85E
Sanderling: 25E
Grey Plover: 10E
Bar-tailed Godwit: 356E
Whimbrel: 16E
Oystercatcher: 2E
Arctic Skua: 2E
Great skua: 1E
Black Tern: 5E
Little Tern: 113E
Arctic Tern: 22E
Commic Tern: 1251E
Little Gull: 1E
Kittiwake: 6E
Swift: 3 in
Harbour Porpoise: 5+ off shore.
At the south end of the ARC Pit  1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Yellow Wagtails and 100s of Swifts and Swallows with lesser numbers of House and Sand Martins.
Scotneys flooded field looks excellent for waders and this early evening held 35 Whimbrel, 10 Bar-tailed Godwits, 15 Grey Plover, 5 Dunlin and a Ruff.
By the spoil heap in Tickners lane on Walland Marsh 6 Yellowhammers, 4 Corn buntings and a Cuckoo.