This mornings wander around the bushes on The point was very quiet avian wise, all I could find was a single Willow Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroats, 4 Common Terns high over and a Peregrine of note.

By contrast the ARC was brimming with birds, admittedly 207 of them were Greylag Geese and the 100s of eclipse duck, a Redshank was among c60 Lapwing with 30+ Sand Martins over the lake. In the strong winds the Sallows were unbirdable.

This afternoon at the fishing boats plenty of observers for an unremarkable sea watch:

13.15-16.00 with LH,PH,MH,PB,AJG & PT.

Great Crested Grebe: 3 around

Fulmar: 6W

Manx Shearwater: 1W

Gannet: 54W      37E

Cormorant: 23 around

Turnstone: 5 on beach

Great Skua: 1W     1E

Mediterranean Gull: 1W  juvenile

Yellow-legged Gull: 1 juvenile on beach

Kittiwake: 32W

Sandwich Tern: 79W

Common Tern: 129W

Swift: 15S

Sand Martin: 68S

Swallow: 1S

Harbour Porpoise: 4

 2 Garganey from Firth

Late afternoon on the islands on Burrowes 2 Little Stints (ad + juv), 7 Common Sandpipers, a Turnstone, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Dunlin and 2 Garganey of note.

 Tufted Duck and ducklings from Firth

Common Sandpiper from Firth