08.00-09.00 from the fishing boats with OL:

Common Scoter: 11 down

Great-crested Grebe: 19 around

Gannet: 51 down

Cormorant: c300 around

Turnstone: 5 around

Kittiwake: 5 down

Auk sp: 1 down

Another half hour watching at lunchtime saw nothing avian of note.

 The only interest over the sea at lunchtime

 Cattle Egret at Boulderwall

This afternoon on the reserve the Cattle Egret was showing well by the track at Boulderwall. On Burrowes from Firth Hide 3 1w Caspian Gulls and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls were of note but far fewer Great Black-backed Gulls came into roost tonight.

1w Caspian Gull from Firth