An evening circuit of the realignment area before a count of terns heading to roost. Waders were 9 Avocets, Turnstone, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpipers, 53 Dunlin, 26 Ruffs, 60 Redshanks, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 10 Greenshanks and 34 Common Snipe, while on the shore were 3,500 Knot, 15 Curlews, 2 Whimbrels and 620 Oystercatchers. Ducks were 250 Teal, at least one Garganey, Tufted Duck, 50 Mallard, 60 Shelducks and 5 Mute Swans. Other birds included 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Grey Herons, 23 Little Egrets, 5 Little Grebes, 11 Cormorants, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 90 Swallows and 450 Starlings.
2,100 Common Terns headed into a roost out from Pye's Hall which also held 2,500 Black-headed, 1,000 Common and 800 Herring Gulls. Only 8 Sandwich Terns seen, and also an Arctic Skua over the sea.
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