9th

aN evening visit to Quad 3, but still only modest numbers of terns in two hours on the high tide.   156 Common Terns, one Arctic Tern, 31 Sandwich Terns, one Arctic Skua, 5 Shelducks, 12 Common Scoters, 8 Gannets, 4 Cormorants, 1,300 Black-headed Gulls, one Mediterranean Gull, 4 Ruffs, 59 Curlews, 27 Whimbrels, 250 Oystercatchers, 70 Sanderlings, 15 Dunlin, one Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Ringed Plovers, 4 Turnstones, 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Grey Herons and 4 Kestrels.