The WeBS count at Donna Nook today was fairly unremarkable. In the early afternoon, Chris Heaton found a male Red-backed Shrike at Pye's Hall and Barrie Clarkson was able to photograph the bird shortly afterwards. However, Mark Johnson, Phil Espin and S Lorand were unable to locate it later in the afternoon, despite extensive searching.

20th

On a two hour seawatch from 0730 were 36 Sandwich Terns, 6 Common Terns, 3 Arctic Terns, 3 Little Gulls, 13 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 23 Gannets, 90 Common Scoters, 4 Mallard, 16 Teal and 3 Eiders.   Waders were 34 Oystercatchers, 30 Curlews, 4 Whimbrels, 43 Sanderlings, 9 Dunlin, one Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshanks and 17 Golden Plovers.   Of note on the landward side were 130 Swallows, 10 House Martins, 23 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Tufted Ducks, 2 Little Egrets, one Grey Heron, one Common Buzzard and a juvenile Cuckoo.