On the 2nd, Phil Espin recorded 2 Red-throatedDivers north and 11 Little Gulls south during a one hour seawatch out from Pye's Hall.

         This morning at the south end, a one hour seawatch up to the high tide and onset of rain at 1140 saw 2 Red-throated Divers, 7 Wigeon and one Red-breasted Merganser north, while to the south were 40 Wigeon, 2 Teal, one Red-throated Diver and 2 Little Gulls.   Three Skylarks came in from the sea. On the shore or fishing just offshore were 25 Cormorants and 4 Shags.   Also on the shore were 8 Redshanks, 2 Knot, 150 Lapwings, 66 Curlews, 2 Oystercatchers, 20 Dunlin, 130 Sanderlings and 150 Brent Geese.   The only birds of note on the dunes were 5 Grey Partridges, one Short-eared Owl and one Great Spotted Woodpecker, but on the flashes were 5 Mute Swans, 3 Whooper Swans, 8 Teal, 3 Tufted Ducks, 5 Little Grebes, 4 Redshanks and one Common Snipe.

                                                                            Shags

                                                                      Short-eared Owl

                                                                       Sparrowhawk


         A seawatch at the south end just after high tide produced 13 Shags, the highest-ever day total for the area.   Other counts were 25 Cormorants, 5 Red-throated Divers, 2 Great Northern Divers, one Guillemot, 160 Brent Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 4 Mallard, one Shelduck, one Great Crested Grebe and one Great Skua.   On the shore and beach were 290 Lapwings, 75 Curlews, 5 Redshanks, 4 Sanderlings and 40 Twite, while on the landward side, the best birds were 3 Whooper Swans, one Short-eared Owl, 2 Peregrines, one Sparrowhawk, 2 Mistle Thrushes and one Water Rail.