Most of the interest was offshore today with a steady movement of duck which included the highlight of a Smew among a flock of Shoveler and Pintail and also a Long-tailed Duck and a Black-throated Diver. Other notable totals included 2708 Brent Geese, 41 Shovelers, an excellent 318 Pintails, five Red-breasted Mergansers, 40 Bar-tailed Godwits, three Mediterranean Gulls, 75 Sandwich Terns and 137 Red-throated Divers.
There was also a small arrival of birds on the land with 24 Chiffchaffs, nine Firecrests and a Wheatear of note.
Two Porpoises were feeding offshore.